Care Inspectorate welcomes Independent Care Review

Peter Macleod chief executive of the Care Inspectorate, has today welcomed the publication of the findings of the Independent Care Review.

He said: “This was a wide-ranging review and we welcome these findings as they relate to the work of the Care Inspectorate and the services we inspect and support to improve.

“Everyone in Scotland has the right to high-quality care which meets their needs and respects their rights and choices.

"Listening to young people describing their experience of care and support and reflecting that in the findings of inspections is of central importance to the work that we do. We recognise that we should change and improve how we do that.

“We have been working with those involved in the review to begin to make the necessary changes.”

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Blog: Health and social care standards in practice

By Shona Omand-Smith, Improvement Programme Manager, Care About Physical Activity 

I wanted to gain a better understanding of the standards and worked on filling the gap in my own knowledge.  Armed with my increased confidence in the ‘new’ standards I started asking care home managers what they were doing to support their staff, people experiencing care and families to get to grips with them.  I realised that managers were often unsure how to bring the standards to life and what else to do besides asking staff to read them. I know that fun creative ways can help get people engaged with new ideas.  Here are some ways that I helped staff to think about using the standards differently.