APT Care Central Bedfordshire & Bedford
79 Edward Street, Dunstable, LU6 1HE · Central Bedfordshire · East of England
Community based adult social care services · operated by APT Care Limited
Diligence verdict
Rated Requires improvement overall, and the rating is 2 years old, and 1 of this operator's 2 rated homes are below Good.
- Below Good on
- SafeRequires improvement2 Sep 2023EffectiveRequires improvement2 Sep 2023ResponsiveRequires improvement2 Sep 2023Well-ledRequires improvement2 Sep 2023
- Age of rating
- 2 years old — published 2 Sep 2023. CQC has not re-inspected since; a re-inspection could move it in either direction.
- Operator's wider portfolio
- 1 of 2 of APT Care Limited's rated homes are Requires improvement or Inadequate.
Verbatim CQC ratings, each dated · data as at 11 Jul 2026 · source: CQC
The five key questions
| Key question | Rating | Published |
|---|---|---|
| Safe | Requires improvement | 2 Sep 2023 |
| Effective | Requires improvement | 2 Sep 2023 |
| Caring | Good | 2 Sep 2023 |
| Responsive | Requires improvement | 2 Sep 2023 |
| Well-led | Requires improvement | 2 Sep 2023 |
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
Same operator — 3 other locations
Other active services registered to APT Care Limited. The verdict above reads across this operator's whole rated portfolio.
| Name | Overall rating (published) | Local authority |
|---|---|---|
| APT Care Limited | Not Rated | Luton |
| APT Care Limited | Good29 Jan 2022rating 3+ yrs old | Peterborough |
| APT Care Nottingham | Not Rated | Nottingham |
Data as at 11 Jul 2026 · source: CQC
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- Service type
- Community based adult social care services
- Sector
- Social Care Org
- On CQC’s site
- cqc.org.uk/location/1-11057180455
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.