Care home
Creative Support - High Street
Care home in Bedford
Creative Support Limited
Creative Support - High Street
Care home in Bedford
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- Green Surroundings — Excellent access to parks, playing fields and other green space nearby (OpenStreetMap).
- Well Served — Excellent everyday amenities nearby — shops, supermarkets, pharmacies, banks, post offices, cafés and places to eat (OpenStreetMap).
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About
Creative Support - High Street is a six-bed home in Bedford, Bedfordshire, run by Creative Support Limited, a not-for-profit organisation. The organisation aims to promote independence, inclusion and wellbeing for people with care and support needs, working with those it supports, their families and partner agencies. The home is registered to support people with learning disabilities, mental health needs and physical disabilities.
The Care Quality Commission rated the home Requires Improvement overall in a report published in 2020, with the same grade for each of its five key areas: safe, effective, caring, responsive and well-led. The wider organisation also runs activities for the people it supports, including a creative mission competition and a creative collective.
What inspectors found
CQC: Requires improvementReport published 19 June 2020 · Last inspected 18 February 2020
Inspectors found that the six people living in this home received help with personal care, felt safe, and were supported kindly by staff who understood their individual needs. However, staffing levels were not sufficient to give people enough interaction, choice over activities, or time out of the home, and people had limited involvement in planning their care. The report also found that the building's outward appearance and some stored items did not reflect a care home setting.
- People said they felt safe and were happy living at the home.
- Staff understood how to keep people safe, and people could reach health and social care professionals when needed.
- Medicines were managed safely.
- People had access to a varied diet and helped to prepare meals and clear up afterwards.
- Staffing levels were too low to promote social interaction, and people could only go out for around four hours a week with external support.
- People's choice, control and consent were not consistently respected, and their involvement in care planning was limited.
- Industrial waste bins and entrance signage at the front of the house did not reflect a care home, and some items were stored around the property.
Written by AI from the report text and checked against it. Not an official CQC statement. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Read the full report on CQC.
Specialist care
What's nearby
- Set back from main road noise
Straight-line distances. Road and rail noise from government strategic noise mapping (modelled, not measured). A&E departments from the NHS website.
What’s in the area
Outdoor Spaces
- AllotmentsSparse
- Play SpaceSparse
- Golf CourseSparse
- Public ParkSparse
- Tennis CourtSparse
- Bowling GreenLimited
- Playing FieldLimited
Local Amenities
- Pubs & BarsSparse
- Restaurants & CafesLimited
- Retail ShoppingLimited
- SupermarketsLimited
- TakeawaysLimited
Local crime statistics
674 recorded crimes in the local area (April 2026)
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Source: data.police.uk · within 1 mile
Fees and funding
| Care type | Weekly fee | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Residential care | Fees on request | — |
- Funding accepted
- Not stated
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Care fee trajectory
| Year | Council rate (per week) |
|---|---|
| 2024 | £1,044 |
| 2025 | £1,077 |
What Bedford council pays care homes, and whether it will help with fees
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Local health safety net
Creative Support - High Street is backed by a local NHS health network. The nearest A&E is Bedford Hospital, 3.9 miles away. The local GP practice is PRIORY MEDICAL CENTRE, 0.9 miles away.
Nearest services from NHS ODS + postcodes.io + CQC, by straight-line distance.
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Information last reviewed October 2026.
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