SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?56%Requires improvement
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Involving people to manage risksSome shortfalls
Learning cultureSome shortfalls
Medicines optimisationSome shortfalls
Safe and effective staffingSome shortfalls
Safe environmentsSome shortfalls
SafeguardingSome shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?71%Good
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Consent to care and treatmentSome shortfalls
Assessing needsGood
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentGood
How staff, teams and services work togetherGood
Monitoring and improving outcomesGood
Supporting people to live healthier livesGood
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?55%Requires improvement
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Independence, choice and controlSome shortfalls
Kindness, compassion and dignitySome shortfalls
Responding to people's immediate needsSome shortfalls
Treating people as individualsSome shortfalls
Workforce wellbeing and enablementGood
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?61%Requires improvement
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Equity in experiences and outcomesSome shortfalls
Listening to and involving peopleSome shortfalls
Person-centred careSome shortfalls
Providing InformationSome shortfalls
Care provision, integration and continuityGood
Equity in accessGood
Planning for the futureGood
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?61%Requires improvement
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Governance, management and sustainabilitySignificant shortfalls
Learning, improvement and innovationSome shortfalls
Shared direction and cultureSome shortfalls
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersGood
Freedom to speak upGood
Partnerships and communitiesGood
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 15 good, 18 below good. Use “See the breakdown” on each key question for its standards. ?
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. ?
Carrington House Limited is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 14 other homes in Central Bedfordshire.
72% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Carrington House Limited is a 60-bed residential care home in Leighton Buzzard, Central Bedfordshire. The home is its own registered provider. It is registered to care for older people, people with dementia, younger adults and people with a physical disability. That is larger than most homes in Central Bedfordshire, where the typical home has 24 beds.
Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 5 out of 5 in September 2025. 90% of homes in Central Bedfordshire also score 5. 14 other homes in Central Bedfordshire share its tier, “Requires improvement”. Leighton Rose Care Home, 1.3 km away, is the closest home rated Good.
The current CQC rating is Requires improvement, published in November 2025. It was Requires improvement for safe, caring, responsive and well-led as well. For effective, the rating was Good. Its previous rating, in October 2019, was Good, so the home has slipped. Ratings in Central Bedfordshire are typically about 4 years old, which makes this one newer than most. 18 of its 33 scored standards were below good, including “governance, management and sustainability”.
