How we inspect regulated services: guidance for providers of regulated care settings and the public

We have published guidance on our approach to scrutiny and improvement. Whilst this would normally be an internal guidance document, we are also making it available externally to support transparency. Much of the information in this guidance is focussed on collating and formalising our existing practices and values. This is also to reflect learning from the Ruth Perry: Prevention of future deaths report (Regulation 28), especially regarding management of staff anxiety and distress du

Pressure ulcer guidance for care at home services

Guidance for developing a policy for care at home services: Pressure Ulcer Prevention and Management Standards (October 2020)

The new Health and Social Care Standards for visiting and staying connected: Guidance for providers

Guidance for childminders on applying to increase capacity in childminding settings

Safe Staffing Winter Guidance

Guidance for providers of care homes for children and young people on the emergency relaxation of conditions of numbers

Records that all registered children and young people’s care services must keep and guidance on notification reporting

Guidance for applicants on applying to register a care service

Guidance for providers and applicants on Registered Manager requirements

Guidance for Repurposing Prescription Only Medicines (POMs) in Care Homes and Hospices during the Covid-19 pandemic

Guidance for the regulation of guardianship arrangements in boarding schools

Guidance for providers on the assessment of staffing levels in: Premises-based care services

Matching Looked After Children and Young People: Admissions Guidance for Residential Services

Guidance Sheet: NHS Pharmacy First Scotland in the Care Home Setting

Guidance for providers on the registration of dispersed services

Guidance for providers and applicants on aims and objectives

Guidance for providers and applicants on aims and objectives

Good practice guidance: prevention and management of choking episodes in babies and children

Serious Incident Review Guidance

Infection prevention and control policy: Guidance for applicants