SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?62%Requires improvement
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Medicines optimisationSignificant shortfalls
Involving people to manage risksSome shortfalls
Safe environmentsSome shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlGood
Learning cultureGood
Safe and effective staffingGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
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
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentSome shortfalls
How staff, teams and services work togetherGood
Monitoring and improving outcomesGood
Supporting people to live healthier livesGood
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?0%Good
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Independence, choice and controlSome shortfalls
Workforce wellbeing and enablementSome shortfalls
Kindness, compassion and dignityGood
Responding to people's immediate needsGood
Treating people as individualsGood
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?0%Good
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Equity in accessSome shortfalls
Person-centred careSome shortfalls
Care provision, integration and continuityGood
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?62%Requires improvement
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Governance, management and sustainabilitySignificant shortfalls
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersSome shortfalls
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: 21 good, 12 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. ?
Westmorland Court Nursing and Residential Home is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 5 other homes in Westmorland and Furness.
89% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Westmorland Court Nursing and Residential Home in brief
Westmorland Court Nursing and Residential Home is a 48-bed nursing home in Carnforth, Westmorland and Furness, run by Westmorland Healthcare Limited. Its CQC registration covers older people, people with dementia and younger adults. Most homes in Westmorland and Furness are smaller: the median there is 29 beds.
In Westmorland and Furness, 89% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). Its kitchen was rated 5 for food hygiene in July 2025. 96% of homes in Westmorland and Furness also score 5. The nearest home with a higher rating is Holly Bank Care Home (Good), 0.5 km away.
CQC last rated the home in April 2026, giving it Requires improvement overall. Safe and well-led were also Requires improvement. Effective, caring and responsive were rated Good. That matches its previous rating, from March 2023. That is more recent than most ratings in Westmorland and Furness, where the typical rating is about 5 years old. CQC found significant shortfalls in “medicines optimisation”, one of 12 standards out of 33 scored below good.
