Plean Dene

Updated 14 July 2026

Date of assessment: 17 July to 19 August 2026

Plean Dene is a care home providing accommodation and personal care to people with a learning disability and autistic people. At the time of our assessment, 9 people were living at the service.

We assessed the service against ‘Right support, right care, right culture’ guidance to make judgements about whether the provider guaranteed people with a learning disability and autistic people respect, equality, dignity, choices, independence and good access to local communities that most people take for granted. We found the service was not always supporting people with a learning disability in line with this statutory guidance.

People were not always protected from harm. Risks to people were not always assessed and reduced. There were not always enough qualified and skilled staff to support people effectively and safely. People were not always treated with dignity and respect, or as individuals. Systems and processes were not in place to assess, monitor and improve care, or ensure compliance with the regulations. We found signs a closed culture had developed, blanket restrictions were in place and some tasks and activities were arranged due to the needs of the service.

However, the provider was engaged throughout the inspection, responsive and open to feedback and took action to address shortfalls when requested. Following the inspection, the provider has continued to engage with us and has shared an improvement plan and progress updates.

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Updated 14 July 2026

We received positive feedback from people’s relatives about the care and support people receive, comments included, “absolutely excellent. He’s so happy there”, “The staff are dedicated, genuinely care about my relative’s welfare and interact well with them”. We used the Short Observational Framework for Inspection (SOFI). SOFI is a way of observing care to help us understand the experience of people who could not talk with us. During our observations, we saw mostly kind interactions between people and staff and staff demonstrated they knew people well. People were not engaged in meaningful activities and not encouraged to make choices of how they spent their free time. While some feedback was positive, our inspection found elements of care did not meet the expected standards.