SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?62%Requires improvement
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Medicines optimisationSignificant shortfalls
Safe and effective staffingSome shortfalls
Safe environmentsSome shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlGood
Involving people to manage risksGood
Learning cultureGood
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?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: 29 good, 4 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. ?
Cumberland Council runs The Gables, a residential care home in Whitehaven, Cumberland with room for 59 residents. Its CQC registration covers older people, people with dementia, younger adults, people with a physical disability and people with a sensory impairment. The typical home in Cumberland has 25 beds, so this one is bigger than average.
Across Cumberland, 79% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England. Its kitchen was rated 5 for food hygiene in February 2026. 90% of homes in Cumberland also score 5. Bethany House Limited, 1.4 km away, is the closest home rated Good. 7 of Cumberland Council’s 8 rated homes are Good or Outstanding (compare care home groups).
The current CQC rating is Requires improvement, published in April 2026. Safe and well-led were also Requires improvement. Effective, caring and responsive were rated Good. It was also rated Requires improvement at the inspection before, in February 2022. That is more recent than most ratings in Cumberland, where the typical rating is about 4 years old. 4 of its 33 scored standards were below good, including “medicines optimisation”.
