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. ?
Kimbolton 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 Community Care Solutions Limited, Kimbolton is a residential care home in Bedford with 6 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.
CQC's latest rating, from February 2023, is Good overall. It was Good for safe, effective, caring and responsive as well. For well-led, the rating was Requires improvement. Before that, in August 2019, it was rated Requires improvement.
