Howard House Nursing & Residential Home
Care home in Kilmarnock, registered for 39 beds. Regulated by Care Inspectorate.
What the inspectors scored
| Area assessed | Rating |
|---|---|
| Supporting wellbeing | Very good |
| Care and support planning | Good |
| Setting | Very good |
| Staff team | Very good |
| Leadership | Very good |
Details
- Type of care
- Care home
- Registered places
- 39
- Address
- 13 Howard Street, Kilmarnock, KA1 2BP
- Telephone
- 01563 532 499
- Registered provider
- Gate Healthcare Limited
- Registered manager
- Susan Orr
- Registered since
- 2002-04-01
- Local authority
- East Ayrshire
- Constituency
- Kilmarnock and Loudoun
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- SIMD decile 10 of 10 (1 = most deprived)
- Staff (whole-time equivalent)
- 36.83
- Regulator record
- View on careinspectorate.com
At 39 beds it is smaller than 48% of the 23 care homes in East 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
sCS2003010268- Regulator location ID
CS2003010268- Current source release
- Care Inspectorate datastore, archived 2026-10-07
- CareFacts data rebuilt
- 2026-10-07
- Inspection evidence
- Latest published date 2026-02-26
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.
Who this service is for
- Older People
The operator’s wider record
Gate Healthcare Limited runs 3 services in the UK with 121 beds. Across the estate:
- 3 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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