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Care home

Luton Council Respite and Shared Lives Service

562 Hitchin Road, Luton, LU2 7UG · Luton · East of England

9 beds · operated by Luton Borough Council

CQC overall rating
Requires improvement21 Nov 2023

Diligence verdict

Rated Requires improvement overall, and the rating is 2 years old, and 1 of this operator's 6 rated homes are below Good.

Below Good on
SafeRequires improvement21 Nov 2023
EffectiveRequires improvement21 Nov 2023
Well-ledRequires improvement21 Nov 2023
Age of rating
2 years old — published 21 Nov 2023. CQC has not re-inspected since; a re-inspection could move it in either direction.
Operator's wider portfolio
1 of 6 of Luton 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 improvement21 Nov 2023
EffectiveRequires improvement21 Nov 2023
CaringGoodrating 3+ yrs old11 Oct 2018
ResponsiveGoodrating 3+ yrs old11 Oct 2018
Well-ledRequires improvement21 Nov 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 — 5 other locations

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

NameOverall rating (published)Local authority
Abigail Court (Domicillary Care)Good22 Dec 2023Luton
Applegrove (Domicillary Care)Good3 Oct 2023Luton
Colwell Court (Domicillary Care)Good11 Oct 2023Luton
Luton Borough Council Reablement ServiceGood29 Mar 2019rating 3+ yrs oldLuton
Supported Living ServiceGood24 Jun 2023rating 3+ yrs oldLuton

Data as at 11 Jul 2026 · source: CQC

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Provenance & registration
Registered with CQC
14 Nov 2016
Beds
9
Sector
Social Care Org
On CQC’s site
cqc.org.uk/location/1-2966465599

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.