Pulteney House (Care Home)
Care home in Wick, registered for 20 beds. Regulated by Care Inspectorate.
What the inspectors scored
| Area assessed | Rating |
|---|---|
| Supporting wellbeing | Very good |
| Care and support planning | Very good |
| Setting | Very good |
| Staff team | Very good |
| Leadership | Good |
Details
- Type of care
- Care home
- Registered places
- 20
- Address
- Pulteney House, North Murchison Street, Wick, KW1 5HL
- Telephone
- 01955 602 844
- Registered provider
- NHS Highland
- Registered manager
- Elizabeth Sinclair
- Registered since
- 2012-03-30
- Local authority
- Highland
- Constituency
- Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- SIMD decile 2 of 10 (1 = most deprived)
- Staff (whole-time equivalent)
- 26.1
- Regulator record
- View on careinspectorate.com
At 20 beds it is smaller than 29% 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
sCS2012307252- Regulator location ID
CS2012307252- Current source release
- Care Inspectorate datastore, archived 2026-10-07
- CareFacts data rebuilt
- 2026-10-07
- Inspection evidence
- Latest published date 2025-03-11
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
- Physical disability or illness
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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