SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?38%Inadequate
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Learning cultureSignificant shortfalls
Medicines optimisationSignificant shortfalls
Safe environmentsSignificant shortfalls
SafeguardingSignificant shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlSome shortfalls
Involving people to manage risksSome shortfalls
Safe and effective staffingSome shortfalls
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsSome shortfalls
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?50%Requires improvement
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Consent to care and treatmentSignificant shortfalls
Assessing needsSome shortfalls
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentSome shortfalls
How staff, teams and services work togetherSome shortfalls
Monitoring and improving outcomesSome shortfalls
Supporting people to live healthier livesGood
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?55%Requires improvement
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Kindness, compassion and dignitySome shortfalls
Responding to people's immediate needsSome shortfalls
Treating people as individualsSome shortfalls
Workforce wellbeing and enablementSome shortfalls
Independence, choice and controlGood
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?46%Requires improvement
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Planning for the futureSignificant shortfalls
Care provision, integration and continuitySome shortfalls
Equity in accessSome shortfalls
Equity in experiences and outcomesSome shortfalls
Listening to and involving peopleSome shortfalls
Person-centred careSome shortfalls
Providing InformationSome shortfalls
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?43%Requires improvement
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Governance, management and sustainabilitySignificant shortfalls
Learning, improvement and innovationSignificant shortfalls
Shared direction and cultureSignificant shortfalls
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersSome shortfalls
Freedom to speak upSome shortfalls
Partnerships and communitiesSome shortfalls
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 3 good, 30 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. ?
Run by Alex Davis (Bedford) Ltd, The Crown is a residential care home in Bedford with 7 registered beds. It is registered to care for younger adults and people with a learning disability or autism. The typical home in Bedford has 15 beds, so this one is on the small side.
The current CQC rating is Requires improvement, published in March 2026. It was Requires improvement for effective, caring, responsive and well-led as well. CQC rated safe as Inadequate. It was also rated Requires improvement at the inspection before, in December 2023. The typical rating in Bedford is about 3 years old, so this one is fairly recent. 30 of its 33 scored standards were below good, including “consent to care and treatment”.
About 0.7 km away, Rutland Road Care Home is rated Outstanding. In Bedford, 78% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%).
