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Crossways Nursing Home

86 Hookhams Lane, Renhold, Bedford, MK41 0JX

Requires improvementpublished 31 December 2025, 7 months ago

Rated Requires improvement: inspectors found the service was not performing as well as it should and told it what to change.

The report

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The CQC published its most recent report on Crossways Nursing Home on 15 March 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 Crossways Nursing Home

3 rated inspections over 4 years: the service has held its Requires improvement rating throughout.

  1. March 2022Inspected but not ratedcurrent rating
    Safe: Inspected but not rated

    We are reading this report · the original is on cqc.org.uk

  2. June 2019Requires improvementdown from Good
    Safe: GoodEffective: Requires improvementCaring: GoodResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement

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  3. October 2016Goodup from Requires improvement
    Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good

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  4. December 2015Requires improvement
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement

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  5. July 2014

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  6. May 2013

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  7. May 2012

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  8. September 2011

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  9. December 2010

    Registered with the Care Quality Commission on 16 December 2010.

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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