SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?69%Good
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Medicines optimisationSome shortfalls
Safe environmentsSome shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlGood
Involving people to manage risksGood
Learning cultureGood
Safe and effective staffingGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
SafeguardingGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?75%Good
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Assessing needsGood
Consent to care and treatmentGood
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentGood
How staff, teams and services work togetherGood
Monitoring and improving outcomesGood
Supporting people to live healthier livesGood
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?75%Good
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Independence, choice and controlGood
Kindness, compassion and dignityGood
Responding to people's immediate needsGood
Treating people as individualsGood
Workforce wellbeing and enablementGood
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?75%Good
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Care provision, integration and continuityGood
Equity in accessGood
Equity in experiences and outcomesGood
Listening to and involving peopleGood
Person-centred careGood
Planning for the futureGood
Providing InformationGood
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?75%Good
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Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersGood
Freedom to speak upGood
Governance, management and sustainabilityGood
Learning, improvement and innovationGood
Partnerships and communitiesGood
Shared direction and cultureGood
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 31 good, 2 below good. Use “See the breakdown” on each key question for its standards. ?
CQC hasn't inspected this home for more than 5 years. It re-inspects based on risk, so an old rating doesn't count against a home on this site, but it may not reflect the home today. ?
Gilling Reane Care Home is in the Good tier ?, with 36 other homes in Westmorland and Furness.
89% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Gilling Reane Care Home is one of 59 care homes in Westmorland and Furness: a 33-bed residential care home in Kendal, run by Pearlcare (Kendal) Limited. CQC registers it to look after older people, people with dementia, younger adults and people with a physical disability.
36 other homes in Westmorland and Furness share its tier, “Good”. Its kitchen was rated 5 for food hygiene in August 2026. 96% of homes in Westmorland and Furness also score 5. Of the 6 closest rated homes, none is rated above it.
In August 2025, CQC gave it Good overall, and Good for each of the five key questions too. Its previous rating, in December 2023, was Requires improvement, so the home has improved. The typical rating in Westmorland and Furness is about 5 years old, so this one is fairly recent. Of the 33 standards CQC scored, 2 fell below good. The lowest was “medicines optimisation” (some shortfalls).
