Riverside Project
Recorded Key Question grade range: 3–4 — Adequate View on Care Inspectorate
Key Question scores
Requirements & recommendations
1. By 3 October 2025 the provider must ensure that any furniture that has been identified as needing to be condemned because it presents a risk to health due to being damaged or being difficult to clean is removed and where necessary replaced. To do this the provider must at a minimum: a) Conduct an environmental audit detailing any furniture identified as requiring to be removed and replaced. b) Develop a plan to remove and where necessary replace furniture that has been identified in the environmental audit. c) Ensure that there is a robust system in place to identify and replace furniture that fails meet expected standards, on an ongoing basis. This is to comply with Regulation 4(1)(a) of The Social Care and Social Work Improvement Scotland (Requirements for Care Services) Regulations (2011/210). This is to ensure that care and support is consistent with the Health and Social Care Stand2. By 3 October 2025 the provider must write and implement a no smoking policy to ensure that people are cared for in a smoke free environment at the premises used for the provision of the care service. To do this the provider must at a minimum: a) Ensure that the policy identifies the areas where smoking is not permitted within the care home. b) Ensure that the policy identifies who must comply with the smoking policy e.g. care staff, residents, visitors and relatives of those receiving care. c) Indicate when the policy will be reviewed. d) Specify what action the provider will take if the policy is not adhered to. This is to comply with Regulation 4(1)(a) of The Social Care and Social Work Improvement Scotland (Requirements for Care Services) Regulations (2011/210). This is to ensure that care and support is consistent with the Health and Social Care Standards (HSCS) which state that: 'My environment is relaxed, welcoming, peaceful a