The Knolls Care Centre
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The Knolls Care Centre is a nursing home located in Leighton Buzzard, providing personal and nursing care to up to 56 residents, some of whom are living with…
- Care home
- The Knolls Care Centre
- Location
- Plantation Road, Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, LU7 3JE, Leighton Buzzard, LU7 3JE
- Care types
- Nursing, Dementia
- CQC rating
- Good
- Latest CQC inspection
- 20 October 2020
- Beds
- 56
- Funding accepted
- Self Funding (Private), Local Authority, Local Authority with Top Up, NHS Continuing Healthcare (CHC)
- Phone
- 01525 380 600
- CQC location ID
- 1-164429850
What the CQC says
Rated Good by the CQC on 30 May 2019.
Good — the service is performing well and meeting CQC’s expectations. What this rating means
The five key questions
- Safe
- Good — Are people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?
- Effective
- Good — Does the care achieve good outcomes and follow best practice?
- Caring
- Good — Are staff kind, respectful and compassionate?
- Responsive
- Good — Is care organised around each person’s needs?
- Well-led
- Requires improvement — Is the home well run, open and always improving?
What has changed
- Overall rating improved from Requires improvement to Good (previously rated April 2018).
- Improved: Safe (Requires improvement → Good), Effective (Requires improvement → Good), Caring (Requires improvement → Good), Responsive (Requires improvement → Good).
- Still needs work: Well-led — Requires improvement.
Source: Care Quality Commission — read the full CQC report. Last checked by CareFinder on 14 September 2026.
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