Residential care home · Bedford

Creative Support - High Street

4 High Street, Oakley, Bedford, MK43 7RG

Requires improvement Safe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementCaring: Requires improvementResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement Rated 6 years ago ↓ Down from Good

CQC rating

Requires improvement
Published 19 June 2020 Rated 6 years ago ?
  • 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?Requires improvement
  • 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. ?

Earlier ratings ?

  • February 2018GoodSECRW previous owner
  • January 2016GoodSECRW previous owner

The home changed owner or registration. Earlier ratings are on the CQC website: previous registration ↗.

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How it compares in Bedford

Creative Support - High Street is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 13 other homes in Bedford. 78% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).

  • Outstanding 5 (7%)
  • Good, with Outstanding areas 2 (3%)
  • Good 38 (53%)
  • Good, with an area to improve 9 (12%)
  • Requires improvement 14 (19%)
  • Inadequate 1 (1%)
  • Not yet rated 3 (4%)

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Care homes nearby

  • Milton Ernest Hall Care Home
    Bedford · MK44 1RJ · Nursing home · 25 beds2.0 km
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 8 years ago
  • Albert House
    Bedford · MK41 6AH · Residential care home · 8 beds2.1 km
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 1 month ago
  • Creative Support - The Glade
    Bedford · MK43 8HJ · Residential care home · 8 beds2.9 km
    Requires improvement S: Requires improvementE: Requires improvementC: Requires improvementR: Requires improvementW: Requires improvement Rated 4 years ago
  • Bromham House
    Bedford · MK43 8PT · Residential care home · 4 beds3.2 km
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 4 years ago
  • Bentley Grange Care Home
    Bedford · MK40 4UH · Nursing home · 60 beds3.5 km
    Not yet rated S: not ratedE: not ratedC: not ratedR: not ratedW: not rated
  • Manton Heights Care Centre
    Bedford · MK41 7LW · Residential care home · 91 beds4.2 km
    Good S: Requires improvementE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 4 months ago

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Other homes run by Creative Support Limited

11 care homes in total: 8 Good, 3 Requires improvement.

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Creative Support - High Street in brief

An independent residential care home in Bedford, Creative Support - High Street is run by an organisation of the same name. It has 6 beds. It is registered to care for older people, people with dementia, younger adults, people with a physical disability, people with a learning disability or autism and people with a sensory impairment. That is smaller than most homes in Bedford, where the typical home has 15 beds.

Milton Ernest Hall Care Home, 2.0 km away, is the closest home rated Good. 8 of Creative Support Limited’s 11 rated homes are Good or Outstanding (compare care home groups). Across Bedford, 78% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England.

CQC rated it Requires improvement overall and in all five key questions in June 2020. That is down from Good in February 2018. At over 5 years old, this rating is older than most. 38% of ratings in Bedford are as old (how rating age varies by council).