Fernlea Care Home
Care home in Lochgelly, registered for 36 beds. Regulated by Care Inspectorate.
What the inspectors scored
| Area assessed | Rating |
|---|---|
| Supporting wellbeing | Good |
| Care and support planning | Good |
| Setting | Good |
| Staff team | Very good |
| Leadership | Good |
Details
- Type of care
- Care home
- Registered places
- 36
- Address
- 19 Wallsgreen Road, Cardenden, Lochgelly, KY5 0JF
- Telephone
- 01592 721 649
- Registered provider
- Holmes Care Group Scotland Ltd
- Registered manager
- Natasha Porter
- Registered since
- 2023-03-14
- Local authority
- Fife
- Constituency
- Glenrothes and Mid Fife
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- SIMD decile 3 of 10 (1 = most deprived)
- Staff (whole-time equivalent)
- 24.1
- Regulator record
- View on careinspectorate.com
At 36 beds it is smaller than 34% of the 79 care homes in Fife.
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
sCS2023000071- Regulator location ID
CS2023000071- Current source release
- Care Inspectorate datastore, archived 2026-10-07
- CareFacts data rebuilt
- 2026-10-07
- Inspection evidence
- Latest published date 2026-01-12
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 0 enforcements issued.
Who this service is for
- Older People
- Alcohol dependency
- Hearing impairment
- Learning difficulties
- Mental health problems (other than dementia)
- Neurological condition (other than dementia)
- Older people - dementia
- Older people - frailty
- Palliative and end of life care
- Physical disability or illness
- Visual impairment
The operator’s wider record
Holmes Care Group Scotland Ltd runs 22 services in the UK with 1,156 beds. Across the estate:
- 2 excellent
- 9 good
- 11 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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