APT Care Central Bedfordshire & Bedford
- Home care
- Dementia care
- Registered since 2021
- Dunstable, Central Bedfordshire, East of England
No overall rating
No overall rating: this location offers more than one kind of service, so the CQC rates each service separately.
At a glance
2 ratings
Its last inspection improved it from Requires improvement to Good.
3 months
since the latest rating was published.
81%
of rated home care services in Central Bedfordshire are Good or Outstanding (86% across the East of England, 88% across England).
APT Care Central Bedfordshire & Bedford: inspection record
This service has no overall rating at present. The squares show its earlier ratings.
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Ratings published by the Care Quality Commission.
Compare nearby
Nearest rated Good or Outstanding: Civicare (Beds Herts & Bucks) Ltd (Good, less than 0.1 miles away) and Prime Care Support Limited (Good, 0.1 miles away).
Nearest home care services:
- G Civicare (Beds Herts & Bucks) Ltd Good, less than 0.1 miles away
- G Prime Care Support Limited Good, 0.1 miles away
- – Natgab Care Not yet rated, 0.1 miles away
- – Ascon Care Services Limited Not yet rated, 0.1 miles away
- – Violets Homecare Services Limited No overall rating, 0.1 miles away
What inspectors found
From the Care Quality Commission's assessment published 14 July 2026 (assessment visit 7 May 2026). Quoted under the Open Government Licence.
Date of assessment: 20 May to 17 June 2026
APT Care Central Bedfordshire & Bedford is a domiciliary care agency providing personal care to adults living in their own homes, to support them to live as independently as possible. CQC only inspects services where people receive the regulated activity of personal care. At the time of this assessment, 195 people were receiving support with personal care. The service supports adults with a wide range of needs, including people living with dementia, physical disabilities, mental health needs and sensory impairments.
- Safe Good
- Effective Good
- Caring Good
- Responsive Good
- Well-led Good
Read the rest of CQC's summary
We assessed the service against ‘Right support, right care, right culture’ guidance to make judgements about whether the provider guaranteed autistic people and people with a learning disability respect, equality, dignity, choices, independence and good access to local communities that most people take for granted. At the time of this assessment, the service was not supporting any autistic people or people with a learning disability, but the provider had regard to ‘Right support, right care, right culture’.
We carried out this assessment to check whether improvements had been made following our previous assessment. The last assessment was carried out in June 2023, when the service was rated Requires Improvement overall and was in breach of regulations relating to risk management, medicines management, safeguarding, staffing and governance.
Improvements were found at this assessment, and the provider was no longer in breach of regulations. People, staff and professionals were generally positive about the quality of care provided. Staff worked with families and partner organisations to support people's health, well-being and independence, including supporting people to return home safely following periods of hospital care.
Governance and oversight arrangements had strengthened. Audits, quality assurance processes and digital care records were used to monitor quality and support improvement. Leaders promoted an open culture and demonstrated a commitment to learning, improvement and partnership working. The provider had recently strengthened leadership arrangements through the appointment of an experienced registered manager, and staff and professionals were positive about the support provided by leaders.
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Safe
Good
Safe – this means we looked for evidence that people were protected from abuse and avoidable harm.
At our last assessment we rated this key question Requires improvement. At this assessment the rating has changed to Good. This meant people were safe and protected from avoidable harm.
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Effective
Good
Effective – this means we looked for evidence that people’s care, treatment and support achieved good outcomes and promoted a good quality of life, based on best available evidence.
At our last assessment we rated this key question Requires improvement. At this assessment the rating has changed to Good. This meant people’s outcomes were consistently good, and people’s feedback confirmed this.
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Caring
Good
Caring – this means we looked for evidence that the provider involved people and treated them with compassion, kindness, dignity and respect.
At our last assessment we rated this key question Good. At this assessment the rating has remained Good. This meant people were supported and treated with dignity and respect; and involved as partners in their care.
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Responsive
Good
Responsive – this means we looked for evidence that the provider met people’s needs.
At our last assessment we rated this key question Requires improvement. At this assessment the rating has changed to Good. This meant people’s needs were met through good organisation and delivery.
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Well-led
Good
Well-led – this means we looked for evidence that service leadership, management and governance assured high-quality, person-centred care; supported learning and innovation; and promoted an open, fair culture.
At our last assessment we rated this key question Requires improvement. At this assessment the rating has changed to Good. This meant the service was consistently managed and well-led. Leaders and the culture they created promoted high-quality, person-centred care.
Questions to ask the service
- Ask to see the most recent Care Quality Commission (CQC) report and what the service did about any points in it.
- Ask how visit times are agreed and who covers when your usual carer is away.
Registration details
- Registered manager
- Stephanie Gudgin
- Registered with the CQC since
- What it provides
- Domiciliary care service, Supported living service
- Who it supports
- Dementia, Learning disabilities or autistic spectrum disorder, Mental Health, Older People, Physical Disability, Sensory Impairment, Younger Adults
Inspection report
Read the full inspection report (opens the Care Quality Commission website)1 inspection report, latest 2 September 2023. Latest assessment published 14 July 2026; the Care Quality Commission's newer assessments are published on its website rather than as reports.
The rating is the Care Quality Commission's. We show it as published and do not change it.
Who runs it
- Provider
- APT Care Limited
- Ownership type
- Organisation
- Companies House number
- 05817556 (opens Companies House)
APT Care Limited runs 4 services in England, 3 of them in the East of England. 1 is rated Good or Outstanding and 3 have no rating yet.
Other services run by APT Care Limited
- G APT Care Limited Good. Home care, Peterborough
- – APT Care Limited No overall rating. Home care, Luton
- – APT Care Nottingham No overall rating. Home care, Nottingham, East Midlands
Getting help from Central Bedfordshire Council
The council can assess what care someone needs and tell them what help with the cost they may get.
- Adult social care at Central Bedfordshire Council
- Ask for a care needs assessment
- Phone: 0300 300 8000
- Contact adult social care online
- Support for carers
- Paying for care: Central Bedfordshire Council
Checked on the council's website, November 2026.
Common questions
- Does APT Care Central Bedfordshire & Bedford provide nursing care?
- The Care Quality Commission's register does not list nursing care for APT Care Central Bedfordshire & Bedford.
- When was APT Care Central Bedfordshire & Bedford last inspected?
- The Care Quality Commission's latest rating for APT Care Central Bedfordshire & Bedford was published on 14 July 2026.
- Who runs APT Care Central Bedfordshire & Bedford?
- APT Care Central Bedfordshire & Bedford is run by APT Care Limited. It runs 4 services in England, 3 of them in the East of England.
- What is APT Care Central Bedfordshire & Bedford's CQC rating?
- No overall rating: this location offers more than one kind of service, so the CQC rates each service separately.
Contact
- Phone
- 01234 938420
- Address
- 79 Edward Street, Dunstable, LU6 1HE Map (opens Google Maps)
Compare nearby
Nearest rated Good or Outstanding: Civicare (Beds Herts & Bucks) Ltd (Good, less than 0.1 miles away) and Prime Care Support Limited (Good, 0.1 miles away).
Nearest home care services:
- G Civicare (Beds Herts & Bucks) Ltd Good, less than 0.1 miles away
- G Prime Care Support Limited Good, 0.1 miles away
- – Natgab Care Not yet rated, 0.1 miles away
- – Ascon Care Services Limited Not yet rated, 0.1 miles away
- – Violets Homecare Services Limited No overall rating, 0.1 miles away