Woodside Nursing and Residential Care Home
The Old Vicarage, Luton, LU1 4BJ · Central Bedfordshire · East of England
37 beds · operated by Shires Healthcare (Woodside) Limited, part of Vibhuti Patel
Diligence verdict
Rated Good overall, but Well-led is Requires improvement (12 Jan 2018), and the rating is 8 years old.
- Below Good on
- Well-ledRequires improvement12 Jan 2018rating 3+ yrs old
- Age of rating
- 8 years old — published 12 Jan 2018. CQC has not re-inspected since; a re-inspection could move it in either direction.
Verbatim CQC ratings, each dated · data as at 11 Jul 2026 · source: CQC
The five key questions
| Key question | Rating | Published |
|---|---|---|
| Safe | Goodrating 3+ yrs old | 12 Jan 2018 |
| Effective | Goodrating 3+ yrs old | 12 Jan 2018 |
| Caring | Goodrating 3+ yrs old | 12 Jan 2018 |
| Responsive | Goodrating 3+ yrs old | 12 Jan 2018 |
| Well-led | Requires improvementrating 3+ yrs old | 12 Jan 2018 |
Ratings verbatim as published by CQC. Key questions can carry different dates when CQC re-inspects only part of a service.
Data as at 11 Jul 2026 · source: CQC
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- 13 Jan 2011
- Beds
- 37
- Sector
- Social Care Org
- On CQC’s site
- cqc.org.uk/location/1-109510296
Every rating on this page is shown verbatim as CQC published it, each with its own publication date. Data as at 11 Jul 2026 — as published by CQC, bulk files of 01–08 Jul 2026 · source: CQC · data & methods.