SSSC pauses registration applications
In order to make planned changes to its Register, the SSSC will not be accepting registration applications from 10 April to 3 June 2024. Find out more on the SSSC website here.
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Care Inspectorate statement on Glasgow East Women's Aid
A spokesperson for the Care Inspectorate said: "An inspection has identified serious and significant concerns at Glasgow East Women’s Aid.
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Become an inspection volunteer
Our work is improved by involving people who use services and their carers. We have many innovative ways that people can get involved with us and can influence our work.
If you have personal experience of using a service or you have cared for someone close who has used a service there are many ways you can get involved with us. You do not have to have any qualifications. Your personal experience gives you a unique insight.
You can apply to become an inspection volunteer by completing our application form:
- online (Microsoft Forms)
- by printing a paper copy (PDF) and posting it Participation and Equalities Team, Care Inspectorate, Compass House, 11 Riverside Drive, Dundee, DD1 4NY
- or we can support you to complete your application.
If you would like to find out more about becoming an inspection volunteer, need help to complete the application form or would like us to post you an application form, please email us at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Listen to what some of our inspection volunteers said here.
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Updated key question 7 documents published
Our children and young people’s inspection teams began using key question 7 in April 2022. As part of everyone's journey to meet the Promise, we reviewed key question 7 with inspectors, young people who experience or have experienced care and providers to evaluate the impact it was having and how well it was supporting the sector to self-evaluate its own performance. We have made some changes as a result of this review and agreed that we will continue to use key question 7 for inspections from April 2024 onwards.
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Self-evaluation in adult care services
Following the introduction of the Health and Social Care Standards in 2018, the Care Inspectorate began to introduce our quality frameworks and gradually withdrew the requirement for services to submit a self-assessment. The primary purpose of a quality framework is to support services to evaluate their own performance. The same framework is then used by inspectors to provide independent assurance about the quality of people’s care and support. We are now ready to expand on this approach by enhancing our methodology around self-evaluation.
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