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Elm Lodge Nursing and Residential Home

18 Stoke Road, Leighton Buzzard, LU7 2SW

Requires improvementpublished 16 April 2026, 4 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 Elm Lodge Nursing and Residential Home on 20 July 2023. 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 Elm Lodge Nursing and Residential Home

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

  1. July 2023Requires improvementcurrent ratingdown from Good
    Safe: GoodEffective: Requires improvementCaring: GoodResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement

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

  2. October 2019Goodup from Requires improvement
    Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Good
  3. October 2018Requires improvementdown from Good
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement
  4. June 2016Good
    Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good
  5. January 2022

    Registered with the Care Quality Commission on 18 January 2022.

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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