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The Gables

The Gables, Whitehaven, CA28 8TX · Cumberland · North West

59 beds · operated by Cumberland Council

CQC overall rating
Requires improvement28 Apr 2026

Diligence verdict

Rated Requires improvement overall, and 2 of this operator's 13 rated homes are below Good.

Below Good on
SafeRequires improvement28 Apr 2026
Well-ledRequires improvement28 Apr 2026
Operator's wider portfolio
2 of 13 of Cumberland Council's rated homes are Requires improvement or Inadequate.

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

The five key questions

Key questionRatingPublished
SafeRequires improvement28 Apr 2026
EffectiveGood28 Apr 2026
CaringGood28 Apr 2026
ResponsiveGood28 Apr 2026
Well-ledRequires improvement28 Apr 2026

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

Same operator — 13 other locations

Other active services registered to Cumberland Council. The verdict above reads across this operator's whole rated portfolio.

NameOverall rating (published)Local authority
Burnrigg CourtGood15 Oct 2021rating 3+ yrs oldCumberland
Cumberland Care Reablement and Domiciliary Service - NorthGood9 Dec 2023Cumberland
Cumberland Care Reablement and Domiciliary Service - WestGood17 Dec 2021rating 3+ yrs oldCumberland
Cumberland Extra Care HousingRequires improvement13 Sep 2022rating 3+ yrs oldCumberland
Eskdale HouseGood28 Nov 2025Cumberland
InglewoodOutstanding16 Dec 2021rating 3+ yrs oldCumberland
Lapstone HouseGood30 Nov 2023Cumberland
North Supported Living ServiceGood20 Oct 2025Cumberland
North West Supported Living ServiceGood18 Feb 2020rating 3+ yrs oldCumberland
Park LodgeGood11 Dec 2019rating 3+ yrs oldCumberland
ParksideGood26 Feb 2019rating 3+ yrs oldCumberland
Richmond ParkGood19 Nov 2019rating 3+ yrs oldCumberland

…and 1 more.

Data as at 11 Jul 2026 · source: CQC

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Provenance & registration
Registered with CQC
18 Apr 2023
Beds
59
Sector
Social Care Org
On CQC’s site
cqc.org.uk/location/1-15199227104

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.