SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?62%Good
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Involving people to manage risksSome shortfalls
Learning cultureSome shortfalls
Medicines optimisationSome shortfalls
Safe and effective staffingSome shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlGood
Safe environmentsGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
SafeguardingGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?58%Requires improvement
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Assessing needsSome shortfalls
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentSome shortfalls
Monitoring and improving outcomesSome shortfalls
Supporting people to live healthier livesSome shortfalls
Consent to care and treatmentGood
How staff, teams and services work togetherGood
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?75%Good
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Independence, choice and controlGood
Kindness, compassion and dignityGood
Responding to people's immediate needsGood
Treating people as individualsGood
Workforce wellbeing and enablementGood
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?68%Good
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Equity in experiences and outcomesSome shortfalls
Person-centred careSome shortfalls
Care provision, integration and continuityGood
Equity in accessGood
Listening to and involving peopleGood
Planning for the futureGood
Providing InformationGood
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?68%Good
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Governance, management and sustainabilitySome shortfalls
Learning, improvement and innovationSome shortfalls
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersGood
Freedom to speak upGood
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: 21 good, 12 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. ?
The Grove -4 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%).
MacIntyre Care runs The Grove -4, a residential care home in Bedford, Central Bedfordshire with room for 7 residents. It is registered to care for 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. 15 of MacIntyre Care’s 16 rated homes are Good or Outstanding (compare care home groups). Across Central Bedfordshire, 72% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England.
CQC last rated the home in July 2025, giving it Good overall. Safe, caring, responsive and well-led were also Good. For effective, the rating was Requires improvement. Its previous rating, in February 2020, was Requires improvement, so the home has improved. The typical rating in Central Bedfordshire is about 4 years old, so this one is fairly recent. CQC found some shortfalls in “assessing needs”, one of 12 standards out of 33 scored below good.
