Requires improvementSafe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvementRated 2 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?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. ?
Luton Council Respite and Shared Lives Service is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 6 other homes in Luton.
75% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Luton Council Respite and Shared Lives Service in brief
Luton Council Respite and Shared Lives Service is one of 34 care homes in Luton: a 9-bed residential care home in Luton, run by Luton Borough Council. CQC registers it to look after older people, younger adults, people with a physical disability, people with a learning disability or autism and people with mental health needs. It is a small home for Luton, where the median is 18 beds.
6 other homes in Luton share its tier, “Requires improvement”. The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from March 2026. 91% of homes in Luton also score 5. Rose Court, 1.0 km away, is the closest home rated Good.
The current CQC rating is Requires improvement, published in November 2023. It was Requires improvement for safe, effective and well-led as well. For caring and responsive, the rating was Good. Before that, in October 2018, it was rated Good.
