SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?53%Requires improvement
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Infection prevention and controlSome shortfalls
Involving people to manage risksSome shortfalls
Learning cultureSome shortfalls
Medicines optimisationSome shortfalls
Safe and effective staffingSome shortfalls
Safe environmentsSome shortfalls
SafeguardingSome shortfalls
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?54%Requires improvement
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Assessing needsSome shortfalls
Consent to care and treatmentSome shortfalls
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentSome shortfalls
Monitoring and improving outcomesSome shortfalls
Supporting people to live healthier livesSome shortfalls
How staff, teams and services work togetherGood
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?50%Requires improvement
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Independence, choice and controlSome shortfalls
Kindness, compassion and dignitySome shortfalls
Responding to people's immediate needsSome shortfalls
Treating people as individualsSome shortfalls
Workforce wellbeing and enablementSome shortfalls
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?57%Requires improvement
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Equity in experiences and outcomesSome shortfalls
Listening to and involving peopleSome shortfalls
Person-centred careSome shortfalls
Planning for the futureSome shortfalls
Providing InformationSome shortfalls
Care provision, integration and continuityGood
Equity in accessGood
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?61%Requires improvement
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Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersSome shortfalls
Governance, management and sustainabilitySome shortfalls
Learning, improvement and innovationSome shortfalls
Shared direction and cultureSome shortfalls
Freedom to speak upGood
Partnerships and communitiesGood
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 7 good, 26 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. ?
Springfield House is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 15 other homes in Cumberland.
79% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Springfield House is one of 78 care homes in Cumberland: a 4-bed residential care home in Wigton, run by Mrs Margaret Blair. CQC registers it to look after people with a learning disability or autism. The typical home in Cumberland has 25 beds, so this one is on the small side.
About 4.1 km away, Rydal Mount is rated Good. 15 other homes in Cumberland share its tier, “Requires improvement”.
Its CQC rating, from May 2026, is Requires improvement across the board: overall and for every key question. Its previous rating, in November 2019, was Good, so the home has slipped. The typical rating in Cumberland is about 4 years old, so this one is fairly recent. Of the 33 standards CQC scored, 26 fell below good. The lowest was “independence, choice and control” (some shortfalls).
