Joint inspections of integrated health and social care

The way health and social care is being delivered is changing in Scotland, so inspections are changing too. From 2017, the Care Inspectorate and Healthcare Improvement Scotland have a joint responsibility in law to inspect the quality of strategic commissioning – that is the way in which local authorities and health boards come together in integration authorities to plan and deliver health and social care.


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Care home chef's menu wins him UK ‘Chef of the Year’ accolade

A care home chef’s ‘traditional Highland fayre’ using locally available ingredients has seen him crowned Chef of the Year in a prestigious UK competition.


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Come on In

Come On In - blog for Care Home Week (15 June – Ordinary Living)

By Heather Edwards, Dementia Consultant, Care Inspectorate


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Volunteers make all the difference

Rami Okasha, Executive Director of Strategy and Improvement, Care Inspectorate


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Little Einstein’s Perth, Improvement Notice

A nursery in Perth has been told it must make swift improvements to the care provided to children. 


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