Focus area in early learning and childcare and school-aged childcare services April 2025 to March 2026

For our inspections from April 2025, we are undertaking a focus area to help us understand more about how services support children’s safety, wellbeing and engagement in their play and learning. This is following on from our activity to reduce incidents of children leaving settings unobserved by staff, including our very successful Keeping children safe - look, think, act campaign.


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Statement on Sutherland Care at Home Service, Highland

A spokesperson for the Care Inspectorate said: “An inspection has identified serious and significant concerns about the quality of care experienced by service users of Sutherland Care at Home Service in Highland.


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Recall: Lercanidipine Tablets

The MHRA have issued a medicines recall related to a specific batch of Lercanidipine Tablets.

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Engagement session for childminders on the new quality improvement framework

We are holding an engagement session for childminders on the new quality improvement framework. We hope that you will welcome this opportunity to engage with inspectors to become familiar with the new framework and support self-evaluation. The session takes place on Thursday 8 May from 18:45 - 19:45. Register your place here.


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A joint inspection of services for children and young people at risk of harm in East Ayrshire

A joint inspection of services in the East Ayrshire community planning partnership has found important strengths in ensuring children and young people at risk of harm are safe, protected and supported. Some areas for improvement were also identified.  


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