Source · Care Inspectorate

Gardenhouse

Provider Common Thread Ltd Type Care Home Service Location Lockerbie Last graded 14 Apr 2026

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 · 2 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: 23 January 2026
Recommendation 1

1. To support young people's inclusion within informed care planning, the provider should ensure that young people are aware of their rights as detailed in the Health and Social Care Standards; particularly with regard to their right to continuing care; and that staff advocate on behalf of young people so that all young people have a welfare assessment completed within the statutory timeframe. This is to ensure that care and support is consistent with the Health and Social Care Standards, which state: "My future care and support needs are anticipated as part of my assessment (H&SCS 1.14) and "I am supported to understand and uphold my rights" (HSCS 2.3)

Recommendation 2

2. The service provider should conduct a review of their plans to ensure that children and young people's personal plans comply with SMART principles and are informed by accurate up to date risk assessments. To do this, the provider should support the completion of care plans that include: a) clearly recorded specific actions to achieve positive outcomes for young people b) actions have clear measurements c) clearly identify what supports will be accessed to support this aim c) actions are of an achievable size and realistic for the young person d) an identified timeframe for completion of each action. f) are reviewed regularly following any significant event and no later than six months. This is to ensure that care and support is consistent with the Health and Social Care Standards, which state; "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

Registry facts

Service no: CS2007148153
Provider no: SP2005007437
Ownership: Private
Registered places: 3
Registered: 30 November 2007
Council area: Dumfries & Galloway
Health board: Dumfries and Galloway
Integration authority: Dumfries and Galloway
Risk band: MEDIUM