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Rated:GoodNursing

White Gables Care Home

Lincoln Road, Skellingthorpe, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN6 5SA
01522693790
Care Type

Nursing Care

Assessment date

24 June 2025

Provider

White Gables Care Home Ltd

Beds

55 beds

How this home compares nearby

Of 29 care homes for older people within 5 miles, 2 are rated higher by CQC, 20 are the same and 7 are lower.

3 of these nearby homes have been inspected more recently than this one.

Based on CQC ratings, updated 21 October 2026. How we compare homes | See the nearby homes

Rating history

  1. GoodDec 2015
  2. Requires ImprovementJul 2018
  3. GoodSept 2019
  4. GoodOct 2025

Improved from Requires Improvement to Good in 2019. CQC has rated this home 4 times since 2015.

Source: CQC inspection reports. Contains CQC data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Costs and who runs this home

This is the only care home White Gables Care Home Ltd runs in England.

Average care home fees in the East Midlands: £958 a week for residential care and £1,250 for nursing care (2024-25 averages). Self-funders usually pay more. See our care home costs guide.

  • NHS-funded Nursing Care pays £267.68 a week to the home towards registered nursing care for eligible residents (2026/27). A quoted fee may already exclude it.
  • This home lists dementia care, which usually costs more than standard residential care. See dementia care home costs. NHS Continuing Healthcare may apply where someone's needs are primarily health needs.
  • How to pay for a care home explains the council means test, what counts as capital and the funding you can ask to be assessed for.

About White Gables Care Home

White Gables is a 55-bed nursing care home located on Lincoln Road in Skellingthorpe, on the outskirts of Lincoln. It provides care for older people, younger adults, and those with dementia. The home is operated by White Gables Care Home Ltd and holds a CQC rating of Good, in the CQC assessment published on 13 October 2025.

The home's position in Skellingthorpe offers access to local amenities while maintaining a semi-rural setting within Lincolnshire. As a nursing facility, it provides on-site medical support alongside personal care services. Its focus on dementia care alongside general nursing needs means it caters to a range of conditions and care requirements across different age groups.

Specialist Care

DementiaOlder peopleYounger adults

Fees and availability

We have not verified a current weekly fee for this home. Ask for a written quote based on the room and care needed, including any extra charges.

Check current vacancies, the admission assessment and visiting arrangements directly with the home.

Care and inspection details

Checked against the CQC register on 21 September 2026. This is a check of published information, not a visit to the home.

Registered service
Care home service with nursing
Registered capacity
55 places — this is not a vacancy count
Registration checked
Registered · LN6 5SA

Registered care categories

Caring for adults over 65 yrs; Caring for adults under 65 yrs; Dementia.

These describe the registration. The home must assess whether it can meet the individual person's needs and whether a place is available.

CQC ratings in more detail

Overall rating shown by CQC: Good.

Assessment published 13 October 2025. Assessment date recorded: 24 June 2025.

Read CQC's assessment overview

The following is CQC's published account of its assessment, published 13 October 2025. References to “we” mean CQC. It describes findings at that time.

White Gables Care Home is a care home with nursing, providing accommodation and nursing care to up to 55 people. When we visited there were 49 people in receipt of care.

We undertook this inspection to follow up on some notifications and concerns related to the environment, including fire safety and infection control, staffing levels and staff training. However, throughout the inspection we did not find any evidence to support the concerns raised. There was a new registered manager at the service who had made significant improvements since being in post.

This was a comprehensive assessment of this service due to a change in provider, a comprehensive assessment was undertaken to provide an accurate rating for this service.

There had been some fire safety concerns raised by the Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue service prior to our visit, due to non- compliance related to articles from the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005. During our visit we saw the provider had worked to address these areas of non-compliance and following our visit a further inspection by the Fire and Rescue service resulted in them finding the provider compliant with the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) order 2005.

People were safe living at the service and risks to their safety were well managed by a group of staff who had sufficient training for their role. There was enough staff to support people’s needs and there were safe recruitment processes in place.

People’s needs were properly assessed and medicines were administered safely. Staff showed a good knowledge of how to support people in line with the principles of the Mental Capacity Act 2005. Where people’s liberty was restricted this was undertaken lawfully using the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) assessments.

People were supported by a staff group who knew them well and knew how to provide effective support. Their health needs were well managed. Staff were caring and respectful and worked in a person-centred way when providing support.

There was effective leadership at the service and staff felt well supported.

Safe
Good
Effective
Good
Caring
Good
Responsive
Good
Well-led
Good

Read White Gables Care Home's CQC record and reports.

Contains Care Quality Commission information under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Ratings and registration details can change after the date checked.

5 Questions to Ask on Your Visit

When visiting White Gables Care Home, consider asking...

  1. 1.What specific dementia training do staff receive and how recently?
  2. 2.How do you support a resident who becomes distressed or confused?
  3. 3.How does the home keep a record of a resident's life history and personal preferences?
  4. 4.How do you involve families as dementia progresses and communication becomes harder?
  5. 5.What happens when a resident's dementia reaches an advanced stage?

5 Things to Look For on Your Visit

When you visit White Gables Care Home, look out for...

  1. 1.Is the environment calm, uncluttered and easy to navigate?
  2. 2.Do staff speak to residents with patience and dignity, even if they repeat themselves?
  3. 3.Are there memory cues around the home -- photos, familiar objects, clear signage?
  4. 4.Do residents seem settled and safe, or agitated and unsupervised?
  5. 5.Is there meaningful activity happening, or are residents just sitting quietly with nothing to do?

Could the NHS fund White Gables Care Home's fees?

The average nursing home costs £1,535 per week. That's £79,820 a year. NHS Continuing Healthcare could cover all of it. No means test, no contribution from you.

Location

Lincoln Road, Skellingthorpe, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN6 5SA

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White Gables Care Home

CQC overall rating

Good

Assessment date: 24 June 2025

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