Serious Incident Reviews 2022-2024
A Care Inspectorate report on serious incident reviews in justice social work has highlighted continuing improvement.
Today’s report also recommends where further improvements should be made.
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Become a young inspection volunteer
We’re looking for young volunteers
We’re looking for young people with a personal experience of care to volunteer with us. So, if you have used a care service, you could be just who we are looking for. You don’t have to have qualifications – personal experience is what counts. You must be aged between 18-27 to apply.
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Device Safety Information - Sodium Chloride Solutions for Irrigation, Inhalation, and Eyewash
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has issued Device Safety information for 0.9% Sodium Chloride Solutions for Irrigation, Inhalation, and Eyewash. For more information click here.
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Joint statement from the Care Inspectorate and Education Scotland
Joint update from the Care Inspectorate and Education Scotland on the shared inspection framework for early learning and childcare (ELC) services, including childminding and school-aged childcare in Scotland.
Following publication of the draft framework in November 2023 we issued an online consultation to gather important feedback on the draft.
Here is an infographic detailing the responses we received.
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A thematic review of prison-based social work
“Fundamental reform” is needed in prison social work, inspectors have warned.
It comes in the first phase of a review which considered the direction of Scotland’s prison-based social work services within the context of the changing prison population, resource constraints, and competing demands.
The report, published today, recognised the important contribution of social workers across the prison estate and found that prison-based social work teams are comprised of skilled and experienced staff.
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