Terms & Conditions and Copyright

This website is provided to help patients and the public explore health and care services in England. By using this platform, you accept the following terms:

Data Sources and Attribution

• Contains information from CQC inspection reports and ratings (Care Quality Commission).
• Contains information from NHS England GP Catchment Area Data (via the Strategic Data Collection System), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
• GP catchment data has been cleaned by Ribble Rivers Trust.
• Contains Ordnance Survey and ONS Postcode Directory (ONSPD) data, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 . Source: ONS Postcode Directory (ONS/OS) .
• Postcode coordinate data derived from dwyl/uk-postcodes-latitude-longitude-complete-csv , licensed under the ISC License.
• Postcode lookups and geocoding powered by OpenCage.
• This website may also make use of other public sector datasets licensed under the Open Government Licence.

Use of CQC Data

• We do not alter or edit official CQC ratings.
• We provide additional user-friendly groupings (e.g. “New Group Category” and “New User Friendly Category”) to make services easier to browse.
• Categories have been grouped for usability. Original CQC labels can be accessed here.
• This platform only displays providers with published CQC ratings. Some newly registered or unrated practices may not appear.

Preference Scores and Analysis

• In addition to CQC’s official ratings, this platform provides preference scores (e.g. waiting times, safety, emotional support).
• These scores are not official CQC outputs. They are generated by our own text-analysis software, which infers patterns from inspectors’ published reports.
• Preference scores are normalised to allow fairer comparison across providers.
• Dental services are assessed by regulatory compliance rather than a composite score; rankings for dental providers are based mainly on user-selected preferences.

Limitations

• This website is only suitable for exploring medical services in England.
• While we strive to ensure accuracy, no warranty is given that rankings or scores fully reflect the quality of care provided.
• Users should always consider official CQC reports and professional advice when making healthcare decisions.

Licence

• Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
• © HIMBY, 2025. All additional analysis, preference scoring, grouping logic, and presentation layers are copyright to the website owner.