Melvich Community Care Unit (Care Home)
Care home in Thurso, registered for 6 beds. Regulated by Care Inspectorate.
What the inspectors scored
| Area assessed | Rating |
|---|---|
| Supporting wellbeing | Very good |
| Care and support planning | Adequate |
| Setting | Good |
| Staff team | Good |
| Leadership | Good |
Details
- Type of care
- Care home
- Registered places
- 6
- Address
- Sinclair Court, Port Skerra, Thurso, KW14 7YL
- Registered provider
- NHS Highland
- Registered manager
- Gemma MacKenzie
- Registered since
- 2012-03-30
- Local authority
- Highland
- Constituency
- Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- SIMD decile 5 of 10 (1 = most deprived)
- Regulator record
- View on careinspectorate.com
At 6 beds it is smaller than 3% of the 63 care homes in Highland.
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
sCS2012307250- Regulator location ID
CS2012307250- Current source release
- Care Inspectorate datastore, archived 2026-10-07
- CareFacts data rebuilt
- 2026-10-07
- Inspection evidence
- Latest published date 2025-06-13
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
- Hearing impairment
- Older people - dementia
- Older people - frailty
- Palliative and end of life care
- Visual impairment
The operator’s wider record
NHS Highland runs 40 services in the UK with 816 beds. Across the estate:
- 5 excellent
- 23 good
- 11 need improvement
- 1 poor
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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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