Woburn Care
Home care agency in Dunstable, Central Bedfordshire
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- Well Served — Excellent everyday amenities nearby — shops, supermarkets, pharmacies, banks, post offices, cafés and places to eat (OpenStreetMap).
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About
Woburn Care is a privately owned home care agency based in Dunstable, Central Bedfordshire. It provides personal care and support in people's own homes, with a particular focus on dementia. The agency supports older adults, younger adults under 65 and people with physical disabilities. Each person's care plan is built around their individual needs and wishes, and the agency encourages people to remain as independent as they can. All staff are DBS checked and complete mandatory training and an induction course, with further learning continuing through education and training.
The Care Quality Commission rated Woburn Care Requires Improvement overall in its 2023 report. Its effective, caring and responsive care were rated Good, while safe and well-led care were rated Requires Improvement.
What inspectors found
CQC: Requires improvementReport published 5 May 2023 · Last inspected 14 March 2023
Inspectors looked at Woburn Care, a domiciliary service supporting 15 people in their own homes, after concerns about management and staff approach. The report describes care workers who know people well, respond promptly to changing needs, and are praised by people and relatives for being kind and caring, with a small consistent team. Safety measures such as safeguarding awareness, risk assessment, safe recruitment and medicines management are described positively.
- People and relatives praised the kind and caring nature of care workers
- Care workers knew people well and identified changes in need promptly
- Risks were assessed and safe medicines management and infection control were in place
- People received consistent care from a small team and understood their care plans
- The registered manager left in December 2022 and a replacement was only recruited during the inspection
- Some quality assurance checks, quality monitoring, care worker supervisions and training had not taken place since December 2022
- The provider must make improvements to overall management, and the rating moved from good to requires improvement
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.
Care provided
Specialist care
What's nearby
Straight-line distances.
What’s in the area
Outdoor Spaces
- AllotmentsAmple
- Play SpaceAdequate
- Golf CourseSparse
- Public ParkAmple
- Tennis CourtAmple
- Bowling GreenAdequate
- Playing FieldAmple
Local Amenities
- Pubs & BarsAmple
- Restaurants & CafesAmple
- Retail ShoppingAmple
- SupermarketsPlentiful
- TakeawaysPlentiful
What home care costs
Estimated typical UK ranges — Woburn Care will give you a written quote after a free needs assessment. Check who pays with the funding calculator.
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Local health safety net
Woburn Care is backed by a local NHS health network. The nearest A&E is Luton and Dunstable Hospital, 2.1 miles away. The local GP practice is EASTGATE SURGERY, 0.2 miles away.
Nearest services from NHS ODS + postcodes.io + CQC, by straight-line distance.
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