Helping Hands Bedford
- Home care
- Dementia care
- Registered since 2025
- Elstow, Bedford, East of England
Not yet rated by the CQC. New services usually get their first rating within a year or two.
At a glance
No rating
No ratings have been published for this service yet.
83%
of rated home care services in Bedford are Good or Outstanding (86% across the East of England, 88% across England).
Helping Hands Bedford: inspection record
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Ratings published by the Care Quality Commission.
Compare nearby
Nearest rated Good or Outstanding: Loyal Companion Care Limited (Good, 0.5 miles away) and Bloom & Care Limited (Outstanding, 0.5 miles away).
Nearest home care services:
- RI KS Care Requires improvement, 0.3 miles away
- – Kitec Supported Living No overall rating, 0.3 miles away
- – JOINING HANDS HEALTHCARE Not yet rated, 0.4 miles away
- G Loyal Companion Care Limited Good, 0.5 miles away
- O Bloom & Care Limited Outstanding, 0.5 miles away
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
- Lucy Haynes
- Registered with the CQC since
- What it provides
- Domiciliary care service
- Who it supports
- Dementia, Older People, Physical Disability, Younger Adults
Inspection report
Read the full inspection report (opens the Care Quality Commission website)The rating is the Care Quality Commission's. We show it as published and do not change it.
Who runs it
- Provider
- Midshires Care LimitedBrand: Midshires Care Ltd
- Ownership type
- Organisation
- Companies House number
- 03959933 (opens Companies House)
Midshires Care Limited runs 151 services in England, 21 of them in the East of England. 131 are rated Good or Outstanding, 3 are rated Requires improvement or Inadequate and 17 have no rating yet.
Other services run by Midshires Care Limited
- G Helping Hands Accrington Good. Home care, Lancashire, North West
- G Helping Hands Aintree Good. Home care, Liverpool, North West
- G Helping Hands Arnold Good. Home care, Nottinghamshire, East Midlands
- G Helping Hands Barnet Good. Home care, Enfield, London
Getting help from Bedford Borough Council
The council can assess what care someone needs and tell them what help with the cost they may get.
- Adult social care at Bedford Borough Council
- Ask for a care needs assessment
- Phone: 01234 276168, Monday to Thursday 9am to 5pm, Friday 9am to 4pm
- Contact adult social care online
- Support for carers
- Paying for care: Bedford Borough Council
Checked on the council's website, November 2026.
Common questions
- Does Helping Hands Bedford provide nursing care?
- The Care Quality Commission's register does not list nursing care for Helping Hands Bedford.
- When was Helping Hands Bedford last inspected?
- The Care Quality Commission has not published a rating for Helping Hands Bedford yet.
- Who runs Helping Hands Bedford?
- Helping Hands Bedford is run by Midshires Care Limited. It runs 151 services in England, 21 of them in the East of England.
- What is Helping Hands Bedford's CQC rating?
- Not yet rated by the CQC. New services usually get their first rating within a year or two.
Contact
- Phone
- 01234 923808
- Address
- Suite 4, Technology House, 239 Ampthill Road, Bedford, MK42 9QG Map (opens Google Maps)
Compare nearby
Nearest rated Good or Outstanding: Loyal Companion Care Limited (Good, 0.5 miles away) and Bloom & Care Limited (Outstanding, 0.5 miles away).
Nearest home care services:
- RI KS Care Requires improvement, 0.3 miles away
- – Kitec Supported Living No overall rating, 0.3 miles away
- – JOINING HANDS HEALTHCARE Not yet rated, 0.4 miles away
- G Loyal Companion Care Limited Good, 0.5 miles away
- O Bloom & Care Limited Outstanding, 0.5 miles away