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Care home

The Lakes

Ireleth Road, Askam In Furness, LA16 7JD · Westmorland and Furness · North West

41 beds · operated by Vicarage Care Limited

CQC overall rating
Requires improvement26 Jul 2023

Diligence verdict

Rated Requires improvement overall, and the rating is 2 years old.

Below Good on
SafeRequires improvement26 Jul 2023
Well-ledRequires improvement26 Jul 2023
Age of rating
2 years old — published 26 Jul 2023. CQC has not re-inspected since; a re-inspection could move it in either direction.

Verbatim CQC ratings, each dated · data as at 11 Jul 2026 · source: CQC

The five key questions

Key questionRatingPublished
SafeRequires improvement26 Jul 2023
EffectiveGoodrating 3+ yrs old9 Jun 2018
CaringGoodrating 3+ yrs old9 Jun 2018
ResponsiveGoodrating 3+ yrs old9 Jun 2018
Well-ledRequires improvement26 Jul 2023

Ratings verbatim as published by CQC. Key questions can carry different dates when CQC re-inspects only part of a service.

Data as at 11 Jul 2026 · source: CQC

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Provenance & registration
Registered with CQC
24 Jan 2011
Beds
41
Sector
Social Care Org
On CQC’s site
cqc.org.uk/location/1-117623532

Every rating on this page is shown verbatim as CQC published it, each with its own publication date. Data as at 11 Jul 2026as published by CQC, bulk files of 01–08 Jul 2026 · source: CQC · data & methods.