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Rivermead

Halsey Road, Kempston, Bedford, MK42 8AU

Goodpublished 9 April 2025, 16 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 Rivermead on 21 February 2020. 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 Rivermead

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

  1. February 2020Requires improvementcurrent ratingdown from Good
    Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement

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

  2. July 2017Goodstayed Good
    Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Good

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

  3. August 2015Good
    Safe: GoodEffective: Requires improvementCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good

    Read this report on cqc.org.uk

  4. April 2014

    Registered with the Care Quality Commission on 7 April 2014.

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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