The Elms
Care home in Edinburgh, registered for 40 beds. Regulated by Care Inspectorate.
What the inspectors scored
| Area assessed | Rating |
|---|---|
| Supporting wellbeing | Very good |
| Care and support planning | Good |
| Setting | Good |
| Staff team | Good |
| Leadership | Very good |
Details
- Type of care
- Care home
- Registered places
- 40
- Address
- 148 Whitehouse Loan, Edinburgh, EH9 2EZ
- Telephone
- 01314 474 924
- Registered provider
- Church of Scotland Trading as Crossreach
- Registered manager
- Agnieszka Chojnacka
- Registered since
- 2002-04-01
- Local authority
- City of Edinburgh
- Constituency
- Edinburgh South
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- SIMD decile 10 of 10 (1 = most deprived)
- Staff (whole-time equivalent)
- 32
- Regulator record
- View on careinspectorate.com
At 40 beds it is larger than 54% of the 72 care homes in City of Edinburgh.
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
sCS2003010915- Regulator location ID
CS2003010915- Current source release
- Care Inspectorate datastore, archived 2026-10-07
- CareFacts data rebuilt
- 2026-10-07
- Inspection evidence
- Latest published date 2025-07-28
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
- Older People
- Older people - dementia
- Palliative and end of life care
- Visual impairment
The operator’s wider record
Church of Scotland Trading as Crossreach runs 45 services in the UK with 604 beds. Across the estate:
- 9 excellent
- 25 good
- 10 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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