SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?69%Good
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Learning cultureSome shortfalls
Medicines optimisationSome shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlGood
Involving people to manage risksGood
Safe and effective staffingGood
Safe environmentsGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
SafeguardingGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?71%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 livesGood
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?80%Good
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Kindness, compassion and dignityGood
Responding to people's immediate needsGood
Treating people as individualsGood
Workforce wellbeing and enablementGood
Independence, choice and controlExceptional
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?75%Good
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Care provision, integration and continuityGood
Equity in accessGood
Equity in experiences and outcomesGood
Listening to and involving peopleGood
Person-centred careGood
Planning for the futureGood
Providing InformationGood
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?71%Good
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Governance, management and sustainabilitySome shortfalls
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersGood
Freedom to speak upGood
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: 28 good, 1 exceptional, 4 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. ?
New Meppershall Care Home is in the Good tier ?, with 26 other homes in Central Bedfordshire.
72% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Pressbeau Limited runs New Meppershall Care Home, a nursing home in Meppershall, Central Bedfordshire with room for 81 residents. CQC registers it to look after older people, people with dementia, younger adults, people with a physical disability and people with a sensory impairment. That is larger than most homes in Central Bedfordshire, where the typical home has 24 beds.
In May 2025, CQC gave it Good overall, and Good for each of the five key questions too. Its rating before that, in May 2022, was the same. The typical rating in Central Bedfordshire is about 4 years old, so this one is fairly recent. 4 of its 33 scored standards were below good, including “consent to care and treatment”.
About 5.9 km away, HF Trust - Hollycroft is rated Outstanding. Pressbeau Limited runs 9 care homes, and 7 of the 9 rated are Good or Outstanding. Across Central Bedfordshire, 72% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England. Its kitchen was rated 5 for food hygiene in June 2025. That is true of 90% of homes in Central Bedfordshire.
