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Bedford Hospital

Overall: Not rated read more about inspection ratings

South Wing, Kempston Road, Bedford, Bedfordshire, MK42 9DJ (01234) 355122

Provided and run by:
Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Important: This service was previously managed by a different provider - see old profile
Important:

We served a notice under Section 28(3) of the Health and Social Care Act 2008 on Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in relation to maternity and midwifery services on 31 October 2025, for failing to meet the regulation related to safe care and treatment and management and oversight of governance and quality assurance systems at Bedford Hospital.

Assessment report published 23 January 2026

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Caring

Not rated

23 January 2026

We did not look at this key question during this assessment. The score below is based on the previous rating for this key question.

We have not awarded this service a score for Caring.

Find out about when we will not publish a key question score and what we look at when we assess Caring.

Kindness, compassion and dignity

Not yet scored

We did not look at Kindness, compassion and dignity during this assessment. There is no previous rating for the Caring key question so we cannot yet publish a score for this area.

Treating people as individuals

Not yet scored

We did not look at Treating people as individuals during this assessment. There is no previous rating for the Caring key question so we cannot yet publish a score for this area.

Independence, choice and control

Not yet scored

We did not look at Independence, choice and control during this assessment. There is no previous rating for the Caring key question so we cannot yet publish a score for this area.

Responding to people’s immediate needs

Not yet scored

We did not look at Responding to people’s immediate needs during this assessment. There is no previous rating for the Caring key question so we cannot yet publish a score for this area.

Workforce wellbeing and enablement

Score: 2

We did not look at Workforce wellbeing and enablement during this assessment. The score for this quality statement is based on the previous rating for Caring.