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Rated:GoodResidential

Park House

28 St Andrews Road, Bedford, Bedfordshire, MK40 2LW
01234261993
Care Type

Residential Care

Assessment date

24 April 2025

Provider

Christchurch Court Limited

Beds

14 beds

How this home compares nearby

Of 29 care homes for older people within 5 miles, 2 are rated higher by CQC, 23 are the same and 4 are lower.

7 of these nearby homes have been inspected more recently than this one.

Based on CQC ratings, updated 21 October 2026. How we compare homes | See the nearby homes

Rating history

  1. GoodApr 2016
  2. GoodFeb 2019
  3. GoodJun 2025

Rated Good at every inspection since 2016.

Source: CQC inspection reports. Contains CQC data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Costs and who runs this home

Run by Christchurch Court Limited, which runs 3 care homes in England: 2 rated Good and 1 Requires Improvement.

Average care home fees in the East of England: £1,034 a week for residential care and £1,411 for nursing care (2024-25 averages). Self-funders usually pay more. See our care home costs guide.

  • How to pay for a care home explains the council means test, what counts as capital and the funding you can ask to be assessed for.

About Park House

Park House is a residential care home in Bedford, providing rehabilitation support for people with an acquired brain injury or a neurological condition. Details of the CQC's most recent findings are set out below.

Park House is a specialist service providing rehabilitation support for people with an acquired brain injury or a neurological condition, caring for 14 people at the time of assessment. The CQC rated the home Good overall, finding that medicines were safely managed and staff understood their safeguarding responsibilities. A previous breach relating to medicines had been resolved, with no outstanding regulatory concerns.

Inspectors found people felt safe and well supported, with staff helping them work towards greater independence through specialist rehabilitation input. People were involved in planning their own care, and staff had completed the training needed to support them effectively. Quality monitoring systems were found to be working well.

Source: CQC assessment, 4 June 2025

Specialist Care

Mental healthOlder peoplePhysical disabilitiesSensory impairmentsYounger adults

Fees and availability

We have not verified a current weekly fee for this home. Ask for a written quote based on the room and care needed, including any extra charges.

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Care and inspection details

Checked against the CQC register on 21 September 2026. This is a check of published information, not a visit to the home.

Registered service
Care home service without nursing
Registered capacity
14 places — this is not a vacancy count
Registration checked
Registered · MK40 2LW

Registered care categories

Caring for adults over 65 yrs; Caring for adults under 65 yrs; Mental health conditions; Physical disabilities; Sensory impairment.

These describe the registration. The home must assess whether it can meet the individual person's needs and whether a place is available.

CQC ratings in more detail

Overall rating shown by CQC: Good.

Assessment published 4 June 2025. Assessment date recorded: 24 April 2025.

Read CQC's assessment overview

The following is CQC's published account of its assessment, published 4 June 2025. References to “we” mean CQC. It describes findings at that time.

Date of assessment: 15 May 2025.

Park House provides a specialist service for people who require rehabilitation because of an acquired brain injury or a neurological condition. There were 14 people using the service at the time of our assessment.

At our last assessment we found 1 breach of regulation of the Health and Social Care Act (2014) in relation to the safe administration of medicines. As part of this assessment, we found improvements had been made and the service was no longer in breach of any regulations.

We looked at 5 quality statements from the safe, effective, caring and well-led key questions and found areas of good practice. Our overall rating remains Good. The scores for these areas have been combined with scores based on the key question ratings from the last inspection.

Staff understood their responsibilities in relation to safeguarding, the provider ensured action was taken to safeguard people following safeguarding referrals being made. People’s medicines were safely managed. People were involved in the planning and delivery of their care and reablement support. Staff completed the training required to ensure they provided care and support in line with best practice. Staff promoted people’s independence in line with their rehabilitation needs, so they had choice and control over their own care, treatment and well-being. There were effective systems in place to monitor the quality of the care provided and to ensure the values; aims and objectives of the service were met.

Safe
Good
Effective
Good
Caring
Good
Responsive
Good
Well-led
Good

Read Park House's CQC record and reports.

Contains Care Quality Commission information under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Ratings and registration details can change after the date checked.

5 Questions to Ask on Your Visit

When visiting Park House, consider asking...

  1. 1.What happens if my relative's care needs increase significantly -- will they have to move?
  2. 2.How do you handle concerns or complaints from families?
  3. 3.What does the monthly fee cover and what will cost extra?
  4. 4.How do you keep families informed about their relative's day-to-day wellbeing?
  5. 5.What happens if my relative is unhappy here?

5 Things to Look For on Your Visit

When you visit Park House, look out for...

  1. 1.Do staff greet residents by name and stop to chat?
  2. 2.Are residents dressed, up and occupied, or sitting alone in front of a TV?
  3. 3.Does the home smell fresh and feel clean without being clinical?
  4. 4.Do residents look comfortable and at ease, or anxious and withdrawn?
  5. 5.Does the manager answer your questions openly or deflect?

Could the NHS fund Park House's fees?

The average nursing home costs £1,535 per week. That's £79,820 a year. NHS Continuing Healthcare could cover all of it. No means test, no contribution from you.

Location

28 St Andrews Road, Bedford, Bedfordshire, MK40 2LW

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Park House

CQC overall rating

Good

Assessment date: 24 April 2025

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