SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?Good
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?Good
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?Good
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?Good
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?Requires improvement
CQC hasn't inspected this home for more than 5 years. It re-inspects based on risk, so an old rating doesn't count against a home on this site, but it may not reflect the home today. ?
Byron Court is in the Good, with an area to improve tier ?, with 8 other homes in Bedford.
78% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Run by CareTech Community Services Limited, Byron Court is a residential care home in Bedford with 7 registered beds. CQC registers it to look after people with a learning disability or autism. It is a small home for Bedford, where the median is 15 beds.
The current CQC rating is Good, published in September 2021. It was Good for safe, effective, caring and responsive as well. For well-led, the rating was Requires improvement. Before that, in January 2020, it was rated Inadequate. CQC hasn't re-rated the home for over 5 years, like 38% of homes in Bedford. Here is how rating age varies by council.
8 other homes in Bedford share its tier, “Good, with an area to improve”. CareTech Community Services Limited runs 21 care homes, and 13 of the 21 rated are Good or Outstanding. None of the 5 nearest rated homes has a higher rating.
