Stanely Park Care Home
Recorded Key Question grade range: 3–5 — Adequate View on Care Inspectorate
Key Question scores
Requirements & recommendations
1. By 8 December 2025, the provider must ensure people receive nutritious food that is safely prepared and meets their individual dietary needs. To do this, the provider must, at a minimum: a) Ensure kitchen staff have access to accurate and regularly updated information about each person’s dietary needs, including those requiring modified diets. b) Ensure all staff involved in preparing or serving food, and those supporting people with swallowing difficulties, have completed appropriate training. c) Implement a system to regularly audit and check that care plans and kitchen records match people’s assessed needs. d) Ensure that where people have been assessed as needing specialist support with eating, drinking or swallowing, appropriate referrals have been made and followed up. e) Maintain up-to-date care plans that reflect people’s nutritional and hydration needs. This is to comply with Regulation 4(1)(a) (Welfare of Users) of The Social Care and Social Work Improvement Scotlan1. By 15 May 2026 the provider must support people’s safety and independence by ensuring the call system enables staff to respond promptly to people’s care needs. To do this, the provider must, at a minimum: a) Ensure staff can clearly identify the location and nature of all alerts across all floors. b) Ensure all bedrooms and communal areas have a working emergency alert system. c) Ensure that all people have access to a call system within their room. d) Implement a system to monitor and review call response times and take appropriate action where delays are identified. This is to comply with Regulation 10(1) and 10 (2)(a) (Fitness of Premises) of The Social Care and Social Work Improvement Scotland (Requirements for Care Services) Regulations 2011 (SSI 2011/210). This is to ensure that care and support is consistent with the Health and Social Care Standards (HSCS), which state: “I am confident that people respond promptly, including when I ask for help.” (HSCS 3.17)
1. To support people’s health and wellbeing, the provider should make sure daily oral care is carried out and recorded accurately. This is to ensure that care and support is consistent with the Health and Social Care Standards (HSCS), which state: “My care and support meets my needs and is right for me.” (HSCS 1.19) and “I experience high quality care and support based on relevant evidence, guidance and best practice.” (HSCS 4.11)
2. To support people’s health and hydration, the provider should improve how fluid intake is recorded and monitored. This should include ensuring fluid charts are completed accurately, only when required, and that appropriate action is taken when people do not achieve targets. This is to ensure that care and support is consistent with the Health and Social Care Standards (HSCS), which state: “My care and support meets my needs and is right for me.” (HSCS 1.19) and “I experience high quality care and support based on relevant evidence, guidance and best practice.” (HSCS 4.11)
1. To support people’s wellbeing and ensure care is right for people, the provider should ensure that review records are accessible and include clear, outcome-focused action plans. This is to ensure that care and support is consistent with the Health and Social Care Standards (HSCS), 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 well as my wishes and choices.” (HSCS 1.15)