Care at home service · Aberdeen, Scotland

Len Ironside Centre

Good or better in every area graded (4/6) Care Inspectorate

Len Ironside Centre is a care at home service in Aberdeen, Aberdeen City, run by Aberdeen City Council.

Address
Len Ironside Building, Mastrick Drive, Aberdeen, AB16 6UE
Run by
Aberdeen City Council
Type of provider
Council-run
Council area
Aberdeen City
Registered
April 2002
Last inspection
10 February 2026

Care Inspectorate grades

How well do we support people's wellbeing?5 · Very good
How well is care and support planned?4 · Good
How good is our setting?4 · Good
How good is our staff team?5 · Very good
How good is our leadership?4 · Good

Grades published 4 March 2026. Scale: 6 excellent, 5 very good, 4 good, 3 adequate, 2 weak, 1 unsatisfactory.

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Len Ironside Centre compared with care at home services in Aberdeen City

  • Lowest grade. Its lowest grade is 4 (good). Of the other 70 care at home services in Aberdeen City, 9 have a higher lowest grade and 27 have the same. 51% of them are graded 4 (good) or better in every area, against 85% of all care at home services in Scotland.
  • Grade by theme against the Aberdeen City average. Wellbeing 5 (area average 4.4); Care planning 4 (area average 4.3); Staff team 5 (area average 4.3); Leadership 4 (area average 4.2).
  • Last inspection. Inspected 9 months ago; the median for care at home services in Aberdeen City is 9 months.
  • Size. Registered for 80 people. The median is 35 for care at home services in Aberdeen City, and 64% are smaller.
  • Staffing. 29.2 staff reported for 80 places, or 0.36 per place. The median for care at home services in Aberdeen City is 0.12. Reported staff numbers are a rough guide, not a safe-staffing measure, so ask the service how it staffs each shift.
  • Complaints and enforcement. The Care Inspectorate datastore records no upheld complaints and no enforcement notices for this service in 2025-26 and 2026-27 to date. 11% of the other care at home services in Aberdeen City have at least one upheld complaint in the same period.
  • Registered. On the regulator's register since April 2002 (24.7 years); the median for care at home services in Aberdeen City is 4.3 years.
  • Same provider. Aberdeen City Council also runs 10 other regulated services in Scotland (3 care homes, 7 care at home) across 1 council area, including Kingswells Care Home (Aberdeen City), Fergus House (Aberdeen City), Balnagask House (Aberdeen City), ACC Learning Disability Integrated Care Services (Aberdeen City).
  • Health board. Aberdeen City sits in the NHS Grampian area.

Compared with the other 70 care at home services on this site in Aberdeen City. Source: Care Inspectorate datastore. Grades describe the last inspection, not the service today.

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Paying for care in Scotland (2026/27)

  • Free personal care for adults assessed as needing it, at any age: in a care home the council pays £260.30 a week towards personal care, plus £117.10 a week for nursing care if needed.
  • Care home fees are means-tested: savings above £36,750 mean you pay the rest of the fee yourself; below £22,750 savings are ignored, and £1 a week is counted for every £250 in between.
  • Personal care at home (help with washing, dressing, eating) is free once the council assesses the need; other help at home may be charged.

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Service details and grades from the Care Inspectorate datastore, checked November 2026, used under the Open Government Licence v3.0. The Care Panel is an independent directory and does not provide care.

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