Smiddybrae House
Vetquoy Road, Orkney, KW17 2HH
Care Inspectorate grades for this service: 4–5 (lowest–highest key question).
Inspection grades
Grades published: July 2025 — 1 year ago · Care Inspectorate data as at 31 August 2026
Grades from 1 (unsatisfactory) to 6 (excellent). Source: Care Inspectorate.
How this compares
Based on current Care Inspectorate grades across all active services in Scotland.
- ↑ Above average — Support & wellbeing
- ↑ Above average — Setting
- ↑ Above average — Care & support planning
- ≈ In line — Leadership
- ≈ In line — Staff team
- ↑ Above average — Support & wellbeing
- ↑ Above average — Setting
- ↑ Above average — Care & support planning
- ≈ In line — Leadership
- ≈ In line — Staff team
- ↑ Above average — Support & wellbeing
- ↑ Above average — Setting
- ↑ Above average — Care & support planning
- ≈ In line — Leadership
- ≈ In line — Staff team
"Above average" means this service's grade is at least half a point higher than the group average; "in line" means within half a point either way.
Complaints history
✓ No complaints found for this service in the Care Inspectorate records.
Inspection reports
No inspection reports are currently available for this service. Check the Care Inspectorate website for the latest information.
Key facts
- Provider
- Orkney Islands Council · all their services
- Manager
- Joanna Nicholson
- Total beds
- 32
- Registered places
- 33
- Staff
- 25
- Client group
- Adults
- Local authority
- Orkney Islands
- Health board
- Orkney
Other registrations at this address
The Care Inspectorate registers each type of care service separately, even when it's delivered by the same team from the same address. This provider also runs:
- West Mainland Day Centre — Support Service (Other than Care at home)
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