Blackwood Care Edinburgh West
Supported living in Edinburgh, registered for 25 beds. Regulated by Care Inspectorate.
What the inspectors scored
| Area assessed | Rating |
|---|---|
| Supporting wellbeing | Good |
| Care and support planning | Good |
| Staff team | Good |
| Leadership | Good |
Details
- Type of care
- Supported living
- Registered places
- 25
- Address
- 160 Dundee Street, Edinburgh, EH11 1DQ
- Telephone
- 01313 170 144
- Registered provider
- Blackwood Homes and Care
- Registered manager
- Paul Tansey
- Registered since
- 2016-08-31
- Local authority
- City of Edinburgh
- Constituency
- Edinburgh South West
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- SIMD decile 3 of 10 (1 = most deprived)
- Staff (whole-time equivalent)
- 132
- Regulator record
- View on careinspectorate.com
At 25 beds it is larger than 79% of the 33 supported living services in City of Edinburgh.
Evidence and freshness
This is a permanent CareFacts record built from the service’s regulator identifier. It is evidence from the public register, not a recommendation or a live vacancy check.
- CareFacts record ID
sCS2016344470- Regulator location ID
CS2016344470- Current source release
- Care Inspectorate datastore, archived 2026-10-07
- CareFacts data rebuilt
- 2026-10-07
- Inspection evidence
- Latest published date 2026-06-01
A newer source release may change the registration, operator, capacity or rating shown here. CareFacts preserves the identifier so future real changes can be compared once more than one compatible snapshot exists.
The operator’s wider record
Blackwood Homes and Care runs 11 services in the UK with 94 beds. Across the estate:
- 11 good
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Source: Care Inspectorate datastore, archived 2026-10-07. Ratings and inspection dates are published by Care Inspectorate and reproduced here under the Open Government Licence. Always check the regulator’s own record before making a decision.
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