Requires improvementSafe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvementRated 3 months ago↓ Down from Good
SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?56%Requires improvement
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Medicines optimisationSignificant shortfalls
Safe environmentsSignificant shortfalls
Involving people to manage risksSome shortfalls
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsSome shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlGood
Learning cultureGood
Safe and effective staffingGood
SafeguardingGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?63%Good
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Assessing needsSome shortfalls
Consent to care and treatmentSome 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?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?68%Good
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Person-centred careSome shortfalls
Planning for the futureSome shortfalls
Care provision, integration and continuityGood
Equity in accessGood
Equity in experiences and outcomesGood
Listening to and involving peopleGood
Providing InformationGood
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?62%Requires improvement
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Governance, management and sustainabilitySignificant shortfalls
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersGood
Freedom to speak upGood
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: 23 good, 10 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. ?
Rosecroft Residential Home is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 15 other homes in Cumberland.
79% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
What the data says about Rosecroft Residential Home
Run by Stilecroft (MPS) Limited, Rosecroft Residential Home is a residential care home in Workington, Cumberland with 51 registered beds. CQC registers it to look after older people, people with dementia and people with mental health needs. The typical home in Cumberland has 25 beds, so this one is bigger than average.
CQC last rated the home in July 2026, giving it Requires improvement overall. It was Requires improvement for safe and well-led as well. For effective, caring and responsive, the rating was Good. Before that, in September 2017, it was rated Good. The typical rating in Cumberland is about 4 years old, so this one is fairly recent. Of the 33 standards CQC scored, 10 fell below good. The lowest was “medicines optimisation” (significant shortfalls).
Walsingham Support - Crummock Road, 0.3 km away, is the closest home rated Outstanding. Stilecroft (MPS) Limited runs 2 care homes, and 0 of the 2 rated are Good or Outstanding. Its kitchen was rated 4 for food hygiene in June 2026. 90% of homes in Cumberland score the top mark of 5. In Cumberland, 79% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%).
