Requires improvementSafe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementCaring: GoodResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvementRated 4 years ago↓ Down from Good
SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?Requires improvement
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?Requires improvement
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?Good
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?Requires improvement
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. ?
Creative Support - Dove Lane is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 13 other homes in Bedford.
78% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Creative Support - Dove Lane is a 6-bed residential care home in Bedford. The home is its own registered provider. Its CQC registration covers older people, younger adults, people with a physical disability, people with a learning disability or autism and people with a sensory impairment. The typical home in Bedford has 15 beds, so this one is on the small side.
Across Bedford, 78% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England. Sharnbrook House, 5.1 km away, is the closest home rated Good. Creative Support Limited runs 11 care homes, and 8 of the 11 rated are Good or Outstanding.
The current CQC rating is Requires improvement, published in January 2022. Safe, effective, responsive and well-led were also Requires improvement. Caring was rated Good. Before that, in February 2019, it was rated Good.
