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Care homes in Central Bedfordshire

There are 63 registered care homes in Central Bedfordshire, 19 of them registered for nursing. Between them they have 2,043 registered beds, an average of 32 a home. 53 have a CQC rating, and 70% of those are Good or Outstanding (2 Outstanding). 16 are rated Requires improvement or Inadequate.

Nursing homes in Central Bedfordshire 19Residential care homes in Central Bedfordshire 44Dementia care homes in Central Bedfordshire 36

Towns:BedfordBerkhamstedBiggleswadeDunstableFlitwickHitchinLeighton BuzzardLutonMilton KeynesSandyShefford

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The homes

What Central Bedfordshire pays for a care home place

Residential care, over-65s, 2024-25
£902 a week£66 less than the middle council in England (£968), the 100th highest of 152.
Nursing care, over-65s, 2024-25
£1,051 a week£34 less than the middle council in England (£1,085), the 87th highest of 151.

This is what the council spent, averaged over every placement it paid for, not a fee anyone is quoted. People paying for themselves are usually charged more: the Competition and Markets Authority found a 41% gap on average in 2017. Nursing figures exclude NHS-funded nursing care, which the NHS pays to the home on top. Source: Department of Health and Social Care, Adult social care finance report 2024-25. Every council compared