FROM the outstanding to the substandard, Cumbria’s care homes range significantly in the quality of care offered.

Care Quality Commission inspectors have judged more than 130 care facilities in the area since 2017.

The CQC’s latest data, published in June, shows five care homes were outstanding at their last inspection.

They were the Silloth Nursing and Residential Care Home and the Inglewood home in Wigton, the Jubilee House Therapy Centre in Penrith, the Walsingham Support home in Workington and the Cambian Whinfell home in Kendal.

Most homes – more than 100 – were found to be good, while around a dozen required improvement.

Our searchable table will allow you to see the latest inspection linked to each care home.

The data used does not include homes that inherited their ratings from a historic facility.

 

 

Hayley Moore, CQC’s head of inspection for adult social care said:

“People living in care homes deserve to receive good, safe and dignified care, and we expect care home providers to deliver this as a minimum standard.

“The majority of care homes are rated good or outstanding, however, the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in significant staffing pressures across the sector, which have in turn impacted on the quality of care in some services.

“When a service is rated requires improvement overall, it means it is not performing as well as it should be, and we will take action to help the provider drive improvement and work towards achieving a rating of good or outstanding.

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“We will always follow up on information of concern, and would urge people to contact us if they are dissatisfied with the quality of care being provided, using the ‘Give feedback on care’ page on our website.

"Where we find people are at risk, we will not hesitate to take further regulatory action to ensure people’s safety and human rights are upheld.”