SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?56%Requires improvement
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Infection prevention and controlSome shortfalls
Involving people to manage risksSome shortfalls
Learning cultureSome shortfalls
Medicines optimisationSome shortfalls
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsSome shortfalls
SafeguardingSome shortfalls
Safe and effective staffingGood
Safe environmentsGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?58%Requires improvement
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Consent to care and treatmentSignificant shortfalls
Assessing needsSome shortfalls
Monitoring and improving outcomesSome shortfalls
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentGood
How staff, teams and services work togetherGood
Supporting people to live healthier livesGood
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?70%Good
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Workforce wellbeing and enablementSome shortfalls
Independence, choice and controlGood
Kindness, compassion and dignityGood
Responding to people's immediate needsGood
Treating people as individualsGood
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?64%Good
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Listening to and involving peopleSome shortfalls
Planning for the futureSome shortfalls
Providing InformationSome shortfalls
Care provision, integration and continuityGood
Equity in accessGood
Equity in experiences and outcomesGood
Person-centred careGood
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?50%Requires improvement
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Governance, management and sustainabilitySignificant shortfalls
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersSome shortfalls
Freedom to speak upSome shortfalls
Learning, improvement and innovationSome shortfalls
Shared direction and cultureSome shortfalls
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionSome shortfalls
Partnerships and communitiesGood
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 14 good, 19 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. ?
CQC's register shows no registered manager for this home. Every care home must have one. The home may be recruiting, or a new manager may be applying to CQC. ?
Kirklands is an independent 46-bed residential care home in Cockermouth, Cumberland, registered with CQC under its own name. CQC registers it to look after older people and people with dementia. Most homes in Cumberland are smaller: the median there is 25 beds.
There is no registered manager on CQC's register right now. In Cumberland, 79% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 5 out of 5 in October 2025. 90% of homes in Cumberland also score 5. 2 of Kirklands Care Limited’s 3 rated homes are Good or Outstanding (compare care home groups). Dalton Court Care Home, 0.6 km away, is the closest home rated Good.
CQC's latest rating, from January 2026, is Requires improvement overall. Safe, effective and well-led were also Requires improvement. Caring and responsive were rated Good. That is down from Good in October 2019. The typical rating in Cumberland is about 4 years old, so this one is fairly recent. CQC found significant shortfalls in “consent to care and treatment”, one of 19 standards out of 33 scored below good.
