Fairknowe
Care home in Maybole, registered for 41 beds. Regulated by Care Inspectorate.
What the inspectors scored
| Area assessed | Rating |
|---|---|
| Supporting wellbeing | Good |
| Care and support planning | Good |
| Setting | Good |
| Staff team | Good |
| Leadership | Good |
Details
- Type of care
- Care home
- Registered places
- 41
- Address
- Fairknowe House, 3 Cargill Road, Maybole, KA19 8AF
- Telephone
- 01655 882 308
- Registered provider
- Mead Medical Services Limited
- Registered manager
- Michelle Green
- Registered since
- 2006-07-03
- Local authority
- South Ayrshire
- Constituency
- Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- SIMD decile 4 of 10 (1 = most deprived)
- Staff (whole-time equivalent)
- 22
- Regulator record
- View on careinspectorate.com
At 41 beds it is larger than 58% of the 33 care homes in South Ayrshire.
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
sCS2006124775- Regulator location ID
CS2006124775- Current source release
- Care Inspectorate datastore, archived 2026-10-07
- CareFacts data rebuilt
- 2026-10-07
- Inspection evidence
- Latest published date 2026-04-28
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: 2 complaints upheld and 1 enforcement issued.
Who this service is for
- Older People
- Alcohol related brain injury
- Acquired brain injury
- Hearing impairment
- Korsakoffs syndrome
- Mental health problems (other than dementia)
- Neurological condition (other than dementia)
- Older people - dementia
- Palliative and end of life care
- Physical disability or illness
- Visual impairment
The operator’s wider record
Mead Medical Services Limited runs 5 services in the UK with 252 beds. Across the estate:
- 1 excellent
- 3 good
- 1 need improvement
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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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