SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?75%Good
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Infection prevention and controlGood
Involving people to manage risksGood
Learning cultureGood
Medicines optimisationGood
Safe and effective staffingGood
Safe environmentsGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
SafeguardingGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?75%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 livesExceptional
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?90%★Outstanding
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Kindness, compassion and dignityGood
Responding to people's immediate needsGood
Independence, choice and controlExceptional
Treating people as individualsExceptional
Workforce wellbeing and enablementExceptional
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?71%Good
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Planning for the futureSome shortfalls
Care provision, integration and continuityGood
Equity in accessGood
Equity in experiences and outcomesGood
Listening to and involving peopleGood
Person-centred careGood
Providing InformationGood
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: 27 good, 4 exceptional, 2 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. ?
Elstow Manor is in the Good, with Outstanding areas tier ?, with 1 other home in Bedford.
78% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Elstow Manor is one of 72 care homes in Bedford: a 80-bed nursing home in Bedford, run by Hamberley Care (Wixams) Limited. It is registered to care for older people, people with dementia and younger adults. The typical home in Bedford has 15 beds, so this one is bigger than average.
Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 5 out of 5 in November 2025. 92% of homes in Bedford also score 5. Across Bedford, 78% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England. About 1.2 km away, Danecroft is rated Outstanding.
CQC's latest rating, from July 2025, is Good overall. It was Good for safe, effective, responsive and well-led as well. CQC rated caring as Outstanding. That is up from Requires improvement in December 2022. The typical rating in Bedford is about 3 years old, so this one is fairly recent. 2 of its 33 scored standards were below good, including “consent to care and treatment”.
