InadequateSafe: InadequateEffective: Requires improvementCaring: InadequateResponsive: InadequateWell-led: InadequateRated this month↓ Down from OutstandingNo registered manager
SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?38%Inadequate
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Involving people to manage risksSignificant shortfalls
Learning cultureSignificant shortfalls
Safe environmentsSignificant shortfalls
SafeguardingSignificant shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlSome shortfalls
Medicines optimisationSome shortfalls
Safe and effective staffingSome shortfalls
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsSome shortfalls
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?46%Requires improvement
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Supporting people to live healthier livesSignificant shortfalls
Assessing needsSome shortfalls
Consent to care and treatmentSome shortfalls
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentSome shortfalls
How staff, teams and services work togetherSome shortfalls
Monitoring and improving outcomesSome shortfalls
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?35%Inadequate
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Independence, choice and controlSignificant shortfalls
Kindness, compassion and dignitySignificant shortfalls
Responding to people's immediate needsSignificant shortfalls
Treating people as individualsSome shortfalls
Workforce wellbeing and enablementSome shortfalls
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?36%Inadequate
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Equity in experiences and outcomesSignificant shortfalls
Listening to and involving peopleSignificant shortfalls
Person-centred careSignificant shortfalls
Providing InformationSignificant shortfalls
Care provision, integration and continuitySome shortfalls
Equity in accessSome shortfalls
Planning for the futureSome shortfalls
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?32%Inadequate
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Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersSignificant shortfalls
Freedom to speak upSignificant shortfalls
Governance, management and sustainabilitySignificant shortfalls
Learning, improvement and innovationSignificant shortfalls
Shared direction and cultureSignificant shortfalls
Partnerships and communitiesSome shortfalls
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionSome shortfalls
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 0 good, 33 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. ?
Woodland House is in the Inadequate tier ?, with 0 other homes in Central Bedfordshire.
72% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Run by Really Flexible Care Ltd, Woodland House is a residential care home in Milton Keynes, Central Bedfordshire with 4 registered beds. Its CQC registration covers younger adults and people with a learning disability or autism. That is smaller than most homes in Central Bedfordshire, where the typical home has 24 beds.
Really Flexible Care Ltd runs 11 care homes, and 4 of the 8 rated are Good or Outstanding. There is no registered manager on CQC's register right now. About 0.0 km away, The Bungalow is rated Requires improvement. It is the only home in Central Bedfordshire in the “Inadequate” tier.
CQC last rated the home in October 2026, giving it Inadequate overall. It was Inadequate for safe, caring, responsive and well-led as well. For effective, the rating was Requires improvement. That is down from Outstanding in May 2019. Ratings in Central Bedfordshire are typically about 4 years old, which makes this one newer than most. Of the 33 standards CQC scored, 33 fell below good. The lowest was “independence, choice and control” (significant shortfalls).
