Requires improvementSafe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvementRated 9 months ago↓ Down from Good
SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?0%Requires improvement
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Infection prevention and controlSome shortfalls
Involving people to manage risksSome shortfalls
Learning cultureSome shortfalls
Medicines optimisationSome shortfalls
Safe environmentsSome shortfalls
Safe and effective staffingGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
SafeguardingGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?0%Good
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Assessing needsGood
Consent to care and treatmentGood
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?0%Good
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Independence, choice and controlSome shortfalls
Treating people as individualsSome shortfalls
Kindness, compassion and dignityGood
Responding to people's immediate needsGood
Workforce wellbeing and enablementGood
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?0%Good
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Person-centred careSome shortfalls
Care provision, integration and continuityGood
Equity in accessGood
Equity in experiences and outcomesGood
Listening to and involving peopleGood
Planning for the futureGood
Providing InformationGood
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?0%Requires improvement
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Governance, management and sustainabilitySignificant shortfalls
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersSome shortfalls
Learning, improvement and innovationSome shortfalls
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: 22 good, 11 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. ?
Widecombe Nursing Home is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 6 other homes in Luton.
75% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Widecombe Nursing Home is one of 34 care homes in Luton: a 38-bed nursing home in Luton, run by Niram Investments Limited. CQC registers it to look after older people, people with dementia, younger adults, people with a physical disability, people with mental health needs and people with a sensory impairment. The typical home in Luton has 18 beds, so this one is bigger than average.
CQC last rated the home in January 2026, giving it Requires improvement overall. It was Requires improvement for safe and well-led as well. For effective, caring and responsive, the rating was Good. Before that, in April 2021, it was rated Good. The typical rating in Luton is about 3 years old, so this one is fairly recent. CQC found significant shortfalls in “governance, management and sustainability”, one of 11 standards out of 33 scored below good.
Its kitchen was rated 5 for food hygiene in June 2026. That is true of 91% of homes in Luton. Across Luton, 75% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England. About 0.2 km away, Mulberry House is rated Good.
