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Care home

Brookside

99 High Street, Bedford, MK42 7BS · Bedford · East of England

22 beds · operated by Bedford Borough Council

CQC overall rating
Requires improvement18 May 2026

Diligence verdict

Rated Requires improvement overall, and 3 of this operator's 10 rated homes are below Good.

Below Good on
SafeRequires improvement18 May 2026
Well-ledRequires improvement18 May 2026
Operator's wider portfolio
3 of 10 of Bedford Borough Council'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 questionRatingPublished
SafeRequires improvement18 May 2026
EffectiveGood18 May 2026
CaringGood18 May 2026
ResponsiveGood18 May 2026
Well-ledRequires improvement18 May 2026

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 — 10 other locations

Other active services registered to Bedford Borough Council. The verdict above reads across this operator's whole rated portfolio.

NameOverall rating (published)Local authority
Assessment and Enablement TeamGood22 May 2025Bedford
Dame Alice CourtGood10 Jun 2025Bedford
George Beal HouseGood22 May 2025Bedford
HighfieldRequires improvement29 Nov 2023Bedford
ParksideGood16 Oct 2024Bedford
PuttenhoeGood25 Mar 2025Bedford
RivermeadGood9 Apr 2025Bedford
Shared Lives BedfordNot RatedBedford
SouthwayRequires improvement1 Sep 2022rating 3+ yrs oldBedford
Tavistock CourtGood24 Feb 2025Bedford

Data as at 11 Jul 2026 · source: CQC

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Provenance & registration
Registered with CQC
7 Apr 2014
Beds
22
Sector
Social Care Org
On CQC’s site
cqc.org.uk/location/1-1331903486

Every rating on this page is shown verbatim as CQC published it, each with its own publication date. Data as at 11 Jul 2026as published by CQC, bulk files of 01–08 Jul 2026 · source: CQC · data & methods.