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Autism Care UK (Bedford)

16 St Andrews Road, Bedford, MK40 2LJ

Goodpublished 23 May 2025, 15 months ago

Rated Good: inspectors found the service performing well and meeting their expectations.

The report

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The CQC published its most recent report on Autism Care UK (Bedford) on 18 June 2022. We are still reading it. Check back soon, or read the report itself on cqc.org.uk.

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The story over the years

Every inspection of Autism Care UK (Bedford)

5 rated inspections over 7 years: the service has slipped, from Good to Requires improvement.

  1. June 2022Requires improvementcurrent ratingup from Inadequate
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementCaring: Requires improvementResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement

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  2. December 2021Inadequatedown from Good
    Safe: InadequateWell-led: Inadequate

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  3. February 2019Goodstayed Good
    Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good

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  4. June 2016Goodstayed Good
    Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good

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  5. December 2015Good
    Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good

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  6. January 2015

    Registered with the Care Quality Commission on 20 January 2015.

Ratings and report dates from the Care Quality Commission. A service can also be visited without a new rating being published, so the timeline shows published inspections, not every contact the CQC has had with the service.

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