Source · Care Inspectorate

Abbeyside Nursing Home

Provider Abbeyside Nursing Homes Limited Type Care Home Service Location Elgin Last graded 15 Oct 2025

Recorded Key Question grade range: 4 — Good  View on Care Inspectorate

Key Question scores

Six-point scale
Support and wellbeing
4
Care and support planning
4
Setting
4
Staff team
4
Leadership
4
Care, play and learning

Requirements & recommendations

0 requirements · 4 recommendations

Verbatim text from the Care Inspectorate datastore. Requirements cite a specific regulation and deadline; recommendations are good-practice guidance against the Health and Social Care Standards.

Visit: 22 September 2025
Recommendation 1

1. To support people’s health and wellbeing, the provider should ensure people receive their medication in the way it has been prescribed. This is to ensure that care and support is consistent with the Health and Social Care Standards (HSCS) which state that: 'I experience high quality care and support based on relevant evidence, guidance and best practice' (HSCS 4.11).

Recommendation 2

2. To support people’s health and wellbeing, the provider should ensure that effective processes are being used for information sharing amongst staff and relatives. This is to ensure that care and support is consistent with the Health and Social Care Standards (HSCS) which states that: 'My care and support meet my needs and is right for me' (HSCS 1:19); and 'My personal plan (sometimes referred to as a care plan) is right for me because it sets out how my needs will be met, as well as my wishes and choices' (HSCS 1.15).

Recommendation 3

3. The provider should ensure that there is effective leadership on each shift to support and deliver consistent standards to people experiencing care. This is to ensure that care and support is consistent with the Health and Social Care Standards (HSCS) which state that: 'My care and support is consistent and stable because people work together well' (HSCS 3.19).

Recommendation 4

4. To ensure people receive the care and support that is right for them, the provider should ensure accurate recording of all care and support provided by staff to facilitate effective evaluation. This is to ensure that care and support is consistent with the Health and Social Care Standards (HSCS) which state that: 'My personal plan (sometimes referred to as a care plan) is right for me because it sets out how my needs will be met, as well as my wishes and choices' (HSCS 1.15).

Registry facts

Service no: CS2003013732
Provider no: SP2003002308
Ownership: Private
Registered places: 24
Registered: 1 April 2002
Council area: Moray
Health board: Grampian
Integration authority: Moray
Risk band: LOW