SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?50%Requires improvement
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Infection prevention and controlSome shortfalls
Involving people to manage risksSome shortfalls
Learning cultureSome shortfalls
Medicines optimisationSome shortfalls
Safe and effective staffingSome shortfalls
Safe environmentsSome shortfalls
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsSome shortfalls
SafeguardingSome shortfalls
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?54%Requires improvement
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Assessing needsSome shortfalls
Consent to care and treatmentSome shortfalls
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentSome shortfalls
Monitoring and improving outcomesSome shortfalls
Supporting people to live healthier livesSome shortfalls
How staff, teams and services work togetherGood
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?50%Requires improvement
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Independence, choice and controlSome shortfalls
Kindness, compassion and dignitySome shortfalls
Responding to people's immediate needsSome shortfalls
Treating people as individualsSome shortfalls
Workforce wellbeing and enablementSome shortfalls
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?61%Requires improvement
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Equity in experiences and outcomesSome shortfalls
Person-centred careSome shortfalls
Planning for the futureSome shortfalls
Providing InformationSome shortfalls
Care provision, integration and continuityGood
Equity in accessGood
Listening to and involving peopleGood
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?43%Requires improvement
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Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersSignificant shortfalls
Governance, management and sustainabilitySignificant shortfalls
Freedom to speak upSome shortfalls
Learning, improvement and innovationSome shortfalls
Partnerships and communitiesSome shortfalls
Shared direction and cultureSome shortfalls
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionSome shortfalls
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 4 good, 29 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. ?
CQC's register shows no registered manager for this home. Every care home must have one. The home may be recruiting, or a new manager may be applying to CQC. ?
The Beeches Residential Home is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 29 other homes in Suffolk.
81% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Run by S & A Care Limited, The Beeches Residential Home is a residential care home in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk with 44 registered beds. CQC registers it to look after older people, people with dementia and younger adults.
The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from June 2026. 92% of homes in Suffolk also score 5. In Suffolk, 81% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). There is no registered manager on CQC's register right now. The nearest home with a higher rating is Stowlangtoft Hall Nursing Home (Outstanding), 3.4 km away.
In September 2026, CQC gave it Requires improvement overall, and Requires improvement for each of the five key questions too. That is down from Good in November 2018. That is more recent than most ratings in Suffolk, where the typical rating is about 4 years old. Of the 33 standards CQC scored, 29 fell below good. The lowest was “capable, compassionate and inclusive leaders” (significant shortfalls).
