| Outcomes relating to reports after July 2010 |
| Overall Outcome | This outcome is the average of all other available core outcomes |
| Involvement | This is the average of all available core outcomes that relate to respecting and involving people who use services and consent to care and treatment |
| Personalised Care | This is the average of all available core outcomes that relate to care and welfare, nutrion and cooperating with other providers |
| Safeguarding | This is the average of all available core outcomes that relate to safeguarding people who use services from abuse, cleanliness and infection control, management of medicines, safety and suitability of premises and safety, availability and suitability of equipment |
| Staffing Suitability | This is the average of all available core outcomes that relate to requirements relating to workers, staffing and supporting workers |
| Management Quality | This is the average of all available core outcomes that relate to assessing and monitoring the quality of service provision, complaints and records |
| Ratings relating to reports during or before July 2010 |
| CQC Quality | This is the CQC Quality rating for the home. Where the CQC have made an interim (partial) inspection since the latest full inspection this rating may be updated while the other ratings remain unchanged |
| Overall Quality | This rating is the average of all other available ratings excluding fees |
| Min. Fees | This rating is the minimum fees recorded for the selected care home. Fees are often not recorded |
| Choice of Home | This rating concerns how good the home is at making information available about the home to prospective users and their relatives |
| Individual Needs | This rating concerns how good the home is at identifying the current and future needs of the service users |
| Life Style | This rating concerns the standard of food, activities, relationships and leisure facilities |
| Personal Healthcare and Support | This rating concerns the administration of medicines and whether the home fulfils users' physical and emotional health needs |
| Concerns | This rating deals with how well the home protects its users and how well they deal with any complaints |
| Environment | This rating concerns the comfort, cleanliness, safety and homliness of the environment |
| Staffing | This rating concerns the competence and training of the staff and also the quality of the home's recruitment policy |
| Management | This rating concerns the quality of the leadership in the home and how good their record keeping and welfare standards are maintained |