SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?59%Requires improvement
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Involving people to manage risksSome shortfalls
Learning cultureSome shortfalls
Medicines optimisationSome shortfalls
Safe and effective staffingSome shortfalls
SafeguardingSome shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlGood
Safe environmentsGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?67%Good
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Consent to care and treatmentSome shortfalls
Monitoring and improving outcomesSome shortfalls
Assessing needsGood
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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Independence, choice and controlSome shortfalls
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?71%Good
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Person-centred careSome shortfalls
Care provision, integration and continuityGood
Equity in accessGood
Equity in experiences and outcomesGood
Listening to and involving peopleGood
Planning for the futureGood
Providing InformationGood
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?57%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
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: 20 good, 13 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. ?
Nether Place Nursing Home is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 15 other homes in Cumberland.
79% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Run by Hometrust Care Limited, Nether Place Nursing Home is a nursing home in Keswick, Cumberland with 26 registered beds. It is registered to care for older people, people with dementia and younger adults.
The current CQC rating is Requires improvement, published in November 2025. It was Requires improvement for safe and well-led as well. CQC rated effective, caring and responsive as Good. Its rating before that, in May 2023, was the same. That is more recent than most ratings in Cumberland, where the typical rating is about 4 years old. CQC found significant shortfalls in “governance, management and sustainability”, one of 13 standards out of 33 scored below good.
Across Cumberland, 79% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England. The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from September 2026. That is true of 90% of homes in Cumberland. 1 of Hometrust Care Limited’s 3 rated homes are Good or Outstanding (compare care home groups). About 0.8 km away, The Millfield is rated Good.
