Annual returns
This year's annual return will be available to service providers for completion between Tuesday 6 January and Tuesday 17 February 2026.
Each year, we ask you to complete an annual return. This gives us important information that helps us plan, inform and carry out our inspections and improvement work. We share some of the information with other organisations, such as the Scottish Social Services Council and the Scottish Government, and we use it to produce several statistical publications that you can view on our website.
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Inspection of the leadership of children’s social work services in the City of Edinburgh Council
The Care Inspectorate has published a report following an inspection of the leadership of children’s social work services in the City of Edinburgh Council.
The Care Inspectorate was asked to undertake this inspection by the Scottish Government’s Minister for Children, Young People and the Promise.
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We're closed
We are closed today, Monday 1 December, for the St. Andrew's Day Public Holiday. We will reopen at 09:00 on Tuesday 2 December.
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Statement: Castlehill Care Home, Inverness
Some improvements have been made in the quality of care experienced by residents living in an Inverness care home.
The Care Inspectorate has today published a letter of compliance confirming that Castlehill Care Home has met the requirements of an Improvement Notice issued on 7 October 2025, following an earlier inspection which raised serious concerns.
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Embedding a rights-based approach to digital social care: Self-evaluation tool
This self-evaluation tool is designed for services that wish to evaluate their use of technology to improve outcomes for people. It is not a workbook or guidance document; it is designed to help services evaluate their digital capabilities and develop an improvement plan. Regardless of whether you are new to technology or more digitally enabled, adopting a self-evaluation approach will help you to improve.
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