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Nursing home · Central Bedfordshire

Woodside Nursing and Residential Care Home

The Old Vicarage, Church Road, Slip End, Luton, LU1 4BJ

Good SafeEffectiveCaringResponsiveWell-led Rated 8 years ago ↑ Up from Inadequate
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CQC rating

Good
Published 12 January 2018 Rated 8 years ago ?
  • 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. ?

Earlier ratings ?

  • November 2017InadequateSECRW
  • October 2017InadequateSECRW
  • April 2016Requires improvementSECRW
  • March 2015GoodSECRW

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How it compares in Central Bedfordshire

Woodside Nursing and Residential Care Home 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%).

  • Outstanding 2 (3%)
  • Good, with Outstanding areas 1 (2%)
  • Good 27 (42%)
  • Good, with an area to improve 11 (17%)
  • Requires improvement 15 (23%)
  • Inadequate 1 (2%)
  • Not yet rated 7 (11%)

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Woodside Nursing and Residential Care Home in brief

Run by Shires Healthcare (Woodside) Limited, Woodside Nursing and Residential Care Home is a nursing home in Luton, Central Bedfordshire with 37 registered beds. It is registered to care for older people, people with dementia, people with a physical disability, people with a learning disability or autism and people with a sensory impairment. That is larger than most homes in Central Bedfordshire, where the typical home has 24 beds.

Its kitchen was rated 5 for food hygiene in March 2026. 90% of homes in Central Bedfordshire also score 5. In Central Bedfordshire, 72% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). Stockwood House, 1.7 km away, is the closest home rated Outstanding.

CQC last rated the home in January 2018, giving it Good overall. It was Good for safe, effective, caring and responsive as well. CQC rated well-led as Requires improvement. That is up from Inadequate in November 2017. The rating is more than 5 years old. In Central Bedfordshire, 44% of ratings are that old (see how rating age varies by council).