SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?69%Good
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Safe and effective staffingSome shortfalls
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsSome shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlGood
Involving people to manage risksGood
Learning cultureGood
Medicines optimisationGood
Safe environmentsGood
SafeguardingGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?54%Requires improvement
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Assessing needsSome shortfalls
Consent to care and treatmentSome shortfalls
How staff, teams and services work togetherSome shortfalls
Monitoring and improving outcomesSome shortfalls
Supporting people to live healthier livesSome shortfalls
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentGood
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?65%Good
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Independence, choice and controlSome shortfalls
Kindness, compassion and dignitySome shortfalls
Responding to people's immediate needsGood
Treating people as individualsGood
Workforce wellbeing and enablementGood
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?64%Good
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Equity in experiences and outcomesSome shortfalls
Person-centred careSome shortfalls
Providing InformationSome shortfalls
Care provision, integration and continuityGood
Equity in accessGood
Listening to and involving peopleGood
Planning for the futureGood
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?75%Good
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Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersGood
Freedom to speak upGood
Governance, management and sustainabilityGood
Learning, improvement and innovationGood
Partnerships and communitiesGood
Shared direction and cultureGood
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 21 good, 12 below good. Use “See the breakdown” on each key question for its standards. ?
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Bedford Care Home is in the Good, with an area to improve tier ?, with 3 other homes in Wigan.
91% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Bedford Care Home is a 180-bed nursing home in Leigh, Wigan, run by Advinia Care Homes Limited. Its CQC registration covers older people, people with dementia and younger adults. Most homes in Wigan are smaller: the median there is 40 beds.
The current CQC rating is Good, published in November 2024. Safe, caring, responsive and well-led were also Good. CQC rated effective as Requires improvement. Its rating before that, in September 2021, was the same. That is more recent than most ratings in Wigan, where the typical rating is about 4 years old. CQC found some shortfalls in “independence, choice and control”, one of 12 standards out of 33 scored below good.
In Wigan, 91% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). Its kitchen was rated 5 for food hygiene in October 2026. That is true of 64% of homes in Wigan. Advinia Care Homes Limited runs 10 care homes, and 4 of the 10 rated are Good or Outstanding. None of the 5 nearest rated homes has a higher rating.
