Learning reviews (children and young people)
Learning reviews (children and young people)
The Care Inspectorate, on behalf of the Scottish Government, acts as a central collation point for all learning reviews carried out by Child Protection Committees (CPCs) in Scotland.
The Care Inspectorate is responsible for reviewing the effectiveness of the processes for each learning review and for providing feedback to individual Chief Officer Groups and CPCs.
All learning reviews reports will be shared with the Care Inspectorate. The National Guidance for Child Protection Committees for Undertaking Learning Reviews published in September 2021, clearly sets out that CPCs will inform the Care Inspectorate of their decision on whether to carry out a learning Review. On the completion of a learning review, a copy of the full report should be sent to us.
Notifications
CPCs are required to notify the Care Inspectorate of their decision to proceed or not to proceed to a learning review using the Care Inspectorate’s eform system. To do so, the CPC needs to have a user account to log into the system.
Submission of Learning Review Reports
Please submit the full Learning review Report through our secure email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
The main contact for this work is:
Maureen Wylie, Strategic Inspector
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Mobile: 07717 423154
Other information
- National Policy and Legislation - Child Protection
- Learning reviews for children National overview report
- Code of practice for the review of learning reviews of children and young people in Scotland
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Deaths of young people in continuing care
Deaths of young people in continuing care
Local authorities are required to submit written notification to the Care Inspectorate of any death of a young person in receipt of continuing care as soon as is reasonably practicable.
Please complete attached form - DCC1
Please note this is separate from the duty of a registered care service to notify us of the death of a service user. These are submitted separately via the registered services eforms.
More information about notification and reporting arrangements can be found here.
Please submit all relevant forms/reports through secure email to
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The main contact for this work is:
Karen McCormack, Strategic Inspector
Mobile: 07833 057105
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Deaths of Looked After Children
Deaths of Looked After Children
Local authorities are required to submit written notification within 24 hours of any death of a looked after child to the Care Inspectorate.
Please complete attached form – DLC1
Please note this is separate from the duty of a registered care service to notify us of the death of a service user. These are submitted separately via the registered services eForms.
More information about notification and reporting arrangements can be found here.
Please submit all relevant forms/reports through secure email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
The main contact for this work is:
Karen McCormack, Strategic Inspector
Mobile: 07833 057105
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Deaths of young people receiving aftercare provision
Deaths of young people receiving aftercare provision
Local authorities are required to submit written notification to the Care Inspectorate of any death of a young person in receipt of aftercare provision as soon as is reasonably practicable.
Please complete attached form - DAC1
Please note this is separate from the duty of a registered care service to notify us of the death of a service user. These are submitted separately via the registered services eforms.
More information about notification and reporting arrangements can be found here.
Please submit all relevant forms/reports through secure email to
This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
The main contact for this work is:
Karen McCormack, Strategic Inspector
Mobile: 07833 057105
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Changes to notifications of deaths of looked after children and deaths of young people in continuing care or receiving aftercare provision
Changes to notifications of deaths of looked after children and deaths of young people in continuing care or receiving aftercare provision
New arrangements for reviewing and learning from the deaths of children and young people came into force on 1 October 2021.
The establishment of the National hub for reviewing and learning from the deaths of children and young people and recently published national guidance for child protection committees undertaking learning reviews will require changes to the ways in which local authorities review the deaths of looked after children and young people experiencing care.
More information about these changes can be found here.
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