Short Term Assessment and Review Team (START)
Home care in Kirkcaldy, registered for 200 people. Regulated by Care Inspectorate.
What the inspectors scored
| Area assessed | Rating |
|---|---|
| Supporting wellbeing | Good |
| Care and support planning | Good |
| Staff team | Good |
| Leadership | Good |
Details
- Type of care
- Home care
- Registered places
- 200
- Address
- Town House, 2 Wemyssfield, Kirkcaldy, KY1 1XW
- Telephone
- 03451 555 555
- Registered provider
- Fife Council
- Registered manager
- Rosemary Grubb
- Registered since
- 2019-02-21
- Local authority
- Fife
- Constituency
- Cowdenbeath and Kirkcaldy
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- SIMD decile 4 of 10 (1 = most deprived)
- Staff (whole-time equivalent)
- 123
- Regulator record
- View on careinspectorate.com
At 200 beds it is larger than 89% of the 28 home care agencies 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
sCS2018368190- Regulator location ID
CS2018368190- Current source release
- Care Inspectorate datastore, archived 2026-10-07
- CareFacts data rebuilt
- 2026-10-07
- Inspection evidence
- Latest published date 2026-03-06
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: 1 complaint upheld and 0 enforcements issued.
Who this service is for
- Care at Home
The operator’s wider record
Fife Council runs 28 services in the UK with 3,044 beds. Across the estate:
- 5 excellent
- 15 good
- 7 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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