Goodrated 7 years ago
Rating from May 2019 (more than 2 years ago)
- Milton Keynes, MK8 9HP
- 40 beds
The Grove -4
The Grove -4 is a care home in Bedford, run by MacIntyre Care. CQC rated it Good overall in July 2025 (last checked 16 July 2025). It has 7 beds. It is registered to support people with a learning disability or autism.
- Care home without nursing
4 The Grove, Westoning, Bedford, Bedfordshire, MK45 5LX
What CQC says
Overall rating
Goodrated 1 year ago (16 July 2025)
The service is performing well and meeting expectations.
Up from Requires improvement, 5 February 2020.
Last checked by CQC: 16 July 2025.
The five key questions
CQC rates each service on five questions. Each has its own rating.
Is it safe?
Goodrated 1 year ago (16 July 2025)Is it effective?
Requires improvementrated 1 year ago (16 July 2025)Is it caring?
Goodrated 1 year ago (16 July 2025)Is it responsive to people’s needs?
Goodrated 1 year ago (16 July 2025)Is it well-led?
Goodrated 1 year ago (16 July 2025)
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Understanding this rating
Plain facts about how CQC rates and inspects services, as CQC describes them. This is not advice and not a rating of ours.
CQC rated it Good overall. It rated “Effective” as Requires improvement.
What CQC looks at
Effective: Requires improvement
CQC checks whether care gets good results for people and follows good practice. It looks at how needs are assessed, food and drink, working with GPs and other services, and asking people for their consent.
Questions you could ask
- How do you find out what someone needs before their care starts?
- How do you work with GPs, nurses and other services?
- How do you make sure people get enough to eat and drink?
How often CQC looks again
There is no fixed timetable. CQC decides when to look at a service again. It uses the information it holds about the service and how much risk it sees. It may look sooner if it hears of concerns.
Earlier ratings
Overall ratings this service had before, newest first. These are CQC’s own earlier ratings.
- Requires improvement5 February 2020Read the report (opens in a new tab)
- Requires improvement12 January 2019Read the report (opens in a new tab)
- Good8 February 2016Read the report (opens in a new tab)
About this service
- Type of care
- Care home without nursing
- Who it supports
- Learning disability or autism
- Number of beds
- 7
- Nursing care
- No, personal care only
- Registered since
- 23 March 2011
- Local council area
- Central Bedfordshire
Who runs it
- Provider
- MacIntyre Care
- Brand
- BRAND MacIntyre Care
- Kind of provider
- Company or organisation
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