Blackwood Care Edinburgh West
Home care in Edinburgh, registered for 25 people. 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
- Home care
- 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)
- 0.01
- Regulator record
- View on careinspectorate.com
At 25 beds it is larger than 68% of the 63 home care agencies 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
sCS2016344472- Regulator location ID
CS2016344472- 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.
Complaints and enforcement
The Care Inspectorate publishes complaint and enforcement counts for the last three reporting years. For this service: 1 complaint upheld and 0 enforcements issued.
Who this service is for
- Care at Home
The operator’s wider record
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- 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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