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?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. ?
The Grove -2 is in the Good, with an area to improve tier ?, with 10 other homes in Central Bedfordshire.
72% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
The Grove -2 is one of 64 care homes in Central Bedfordshire: a 7-bed residential care home in Bedford, run by MacIntyre Care. Its CQC registration covers people with a learning disability or autism. That is smaller than most homes in Central Bedfordshire, where the typical home has 24 beds.
Of the 6 closest rated homes, none is rated above it. MacIntyre Care runs 16 care homes, and 15 of the 16 rated are Good or Outstanding. 10 other homes in Central Bedfordshire share its tier, “Good, with an area to improve”.
The current CQC rating is Good, published in February 2020. It was Good for safe, effective, caring and responsive as well. CQC rated well-led as Requires improvement. That is up from Requires improvement in January 2019. CQC hasn't re-rated the home for over 5 years, like 44% of homes in Central Bedfordshire. Here is how rating age varies by council.
