Source · Care Inspectorate

Dorward House

Provider Dorward House, Montrose Type Care Home Service Location Montrose Last graded 28 Oct 2025

Recorded Key Question grade range: 4–5 — Good  View on Care Inspectorate

Key Question scores

Six-point scale
Support and wellbeing
5
Care and support planning
4
Setting
5
Staff team
5
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: 16 October 2025
Recommendation 1

1. To ensure that people's care continues to be supported by the right number of staff, the service should complete individual records of at least four-weekly assessments of people's physical, social, psychological, and recreational needs and choices and how they will be met. 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 meets my needs and is right for me' (HSCS 1.19); and 'My needs are met by the right number of people' (HSCS 3.15).

Recommendation 2

1. To ensure that people's rights are upheld when using technology to support care, the service should ensure that best practice guidance is followed. To do this, they should at a minimum: a) Engage with the resident, or their representative, to complete an outcome-focussed assessment, risk assessment plan, and support plan following assessment. b) Regularly review assessments and plans. This is to ensure that care and support is consistent with the Health and Social Care Standards (HSCS) which state that: 'If my independence, control, and choice are restricted, this complies with relevant legislation and any restrictions are justified, kept to a minimum, an

Registry facts

Service no: CS2018367490
Provider no: SP2018013136
Ownership: Private
Registered places: 40
Registered: 1 October 2018
Council area: Angus
Health board: Tayside
Integration authority: Angus
Risk band: MEDIUM