Residential care home · Bedford

Creative Support - High Street

4 High Street, Oakley, Bedford, MK43 7RG

Requires improvement Safe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementCaring: Requires improvementResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement Rated 6 years ago
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Creative Support - High Street is a residential care home in Bedford in Bedford, run by Creative Support Limited. CQC registers it for 6 places and supports older people, people living with dementia, younger adults, people with a physical disability, people with a learning disability or autism and people with a sensory impairment.

Its latest CQC rating, published June 2020, is Requires improvement overall, and Requires improvement in all five key questions. For comparison, 78% of care homes in Bedford are rated Good or Outstanding. The rating is 6 years old. CQC decides when to re-inspect based on risk, so this isn't a mark against the home, but it's worth asking what has changed since.

CQC rating

Requires improvement
Published 19 June 2020 Rated 6 years ago
  • SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?Requires improvement
  • EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?Requires improvement
  • CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?Requires improvement
  • ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?Requires improvement
  • Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?Requires improvement

Older rating. Published 19 June 2020, 6 years ago. CQC prioritises inspections by risk, so many well-run homes go years without a visit. We never rank a home lower for an old rating. Check the CQC website for anything newer.

Read the full inspection report on cqc.org.uk ↗

How it compares in Bedford

Creative Support - High Street is in the Requires improvement tier, alongside 13 other homes in Bedford. Of the 69 rated care homes here, 78% are Good or Outstanding (England: 83%).

  • Outstanding 5 (7%)
  • Good, with Outstanding areas 2 (3%)
  • Good 37 (51%)
  • Good, with an area to improve 10 (14%)
  • Requires improvement 14 (19%)
  • Inadequate 1 (1%)
  • Not yet rated 3 (4%)

Half of Bedford's ratings are more than 3.6 years old. How tiers work

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The provider's other homes

Creative Support Limited runs 11 care homes registered with CQC: 8 Good, 3 Requires improvement.

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