Statement on Happy Days Out of School Care, Uddingston
A day care service in Uddingston must make urgent improvements in the care experienced by children, inspectors have said.
The Care Inspectorate has issued an improvement notice to Happy Days Out of School Care following an inspection which identified significant concerns. The inspection report will be published on the Care Inspectorate website in due course.
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Joint inspection of adult support and protection: review of progress in Orkney
Significant progress has been made by services in Orkney in ensuring adults at risk of harm are safe, supported and respected.
A review was carried out by the Care Inspectorate, Healthcare Improvement Scotland and His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary in Scotland, following a previous joint inspection of adult support and protection conducted in 2023.
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Care Inspectorate Statistical Summary Report for Quarter 3 of 2024/25
The Care Inspectorate Statistical Summary Report for Quarter 3 of 2024/25 has now been released. This presents data on the number of registered care services, new registrations and cancellations, complaints about care services and quality theme grades all by care service type and or service sector. This is updated on a quarterly basis.
All content is available under the Open Government License, unless otherwise stated. More information on this license is available here.
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Quality Improvement plan 2025-26 now available
The Quality Improvement Plan for 2025-26 is now available. This plan demonstrates our whole systems commitment, to working with our Assurance and Improvement colleagues and likeminded agencies, to provide quality improvement in the right places at the right time. There is continued focus on targeted Quality Improvement programmes and supporting clusters of services to make the improvements needed. We will continue to build improvement capacity and capability across the lifespan.
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Joint statement from the Care Inspectorate and Education Scotland on our progress towards the delivery of the new Quality improvement framework for the early learning and childcare sectors
We are delighted to announce that the new Quality improvement framework for the early learning and childcare sectors is now available on the Education Scotland website.
We have collated the most frequently asked questions (FAQs) we have received about the new framework. These are available on the Professionals area of our website and on the Education Scotland website. We hope that you find these helpful. We will continue to listen to feedback and may make further adjustments to the framework and to the FAQs ahead of full implementation from September 2025.
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