Joint inspection of services for older people in East Lothian
The report, published today, follows a joint inspection by the Care Inspectorate and Healthcare Improvement Scotland which looked at how well the health and social work services partnership in the area delivered good personal outcomes for older people and their carers.
Inspectors looked at whether health and social work services worked together effectively to deliver high quality services to older people, which enabled them to be independent, safe, as healthy as possible and have a good sense of wellbeing.
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Estates and Facilities Alert EFA/2016/001
The attached estates and facilities alert has been published in consultation with other UK countries and applies UK-wide. It highlights the increase in the use of thin wall low carbon pipes for installations of water heating systems and that rapid corrosion of these pipes can lead to unexpected failures.
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Appointment of Project Lead – Childminder Induction
We are delighted to announce the appointment of Tracy Joyce into the post of Project Lead – Childminder induction. Tracy will be seconded for a period of one year and will take up her post on 9 May.
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Crossroads Lewis Care Attendant Scheme
A care at home service in Lewis has been graded ‘excellent’ by inspectors for the sixth inspection in a row.
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Online application to register
If you are applying to register a care service in Scotland you can apply online at http://bit.ly/register-care.
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