Leighton Forest Care Home
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Leighton Forest Care Home, formerly known as Swiss Cottage, is a residential care home with nursing provision located in Leighton Buzzard, UK. The home…
- Care home
- Leighton Forest Care Home
- Location
- Plantation Road, Leighton Buzzard, LU7 3HU, UK, Leighton Buzzard, LU7 3HU
- Care types
- Nursing, Dementia
- CQC rating
- Requires Improvement
- Latest CQC inspection
- 28 October 2023
- Beds
- 85
- Funding accepted
- Self Funding (Private), Local Authority, Local Authority with Top Up, NHS Continuing Healthcare (CHC)
- Phone
- 01525 377922
- CQC location ID
- 1-17592060906
Rated 3/5 from 18 Google reviews.
What families say
Families have raised significant concerns about the care provided at Leighton Forest Care Home, citing a lack of attention and support for residents, leading to declines in their mobility and well-being. Many have reported poor communication from staff, inadequate management, and a general sense of neglect and…
What the CQC says
Rated Requires improvement by the CQC on 15 May 2025.
Requires improvement — the service is not performing as well as it should and CQC has told it how to improve. What this rating means
The five key questions
- Safe
- Inadequate — Are people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?
- Effective
- Inadequate — Does the care achieve good outcomes and follow best practice?
- Caring
- Inadequate — Are staff kind, respectful and compassionate?
- Responsive
- Inadequate — Is care organised around each person’s needs?
- Well-led
- Inadequate — Is the home well run, open and always improving?
What has changed
- Overall rating improved from Inadequate to Requires improvement (previously rated October 2023).
- Got worse: Effective (Requires improvement → Inadequate), Caring (Requires improvement → Inadequate), Responsive (Requires improvement → Inadequate).
Source: Care Quality Commission — read the full CQC report. Last checked by CareFinder on 8 September 2026.
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