GoodSafe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: GoodRated 5 years ago↑ Up from Req. improvementNew owner since April 2026
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?Requires improvement
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?Good
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. ?
The home changed owner in April 2026. Its rating dates from before the change. ?
This rating was carried over from the home's previous registration, usually after a change of owner. ?
Lansdowne Road 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%).
Psycare Limited runs Lansdowne Road, a residential care home in Bedford with room for 14 residents. CQC registers it to look after older people, younger adults, people with a physical disability, people with a learning disability or autism, people with mental health needs and people with a sensory impairment.
It is one of 8 homes run by Psycare Limited. 7 of those with a rating are Good or Outstanding. Psycare Limited has run the home since April 2026, when it changed owner. Of the 6 closest rated homes, none is rated above it. Across Bedford, 78% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England.
CQC last rated the home in September 2021, giving it Good overall. Safe, effective, caring and well-led were also Good. For responsive, the rating was Requires improvement. The rating was carried over from a previous registration, which usually happens when a home changes owner. Its previous rating, in June 2019, was Requires improvement, so the home has improved. 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).
