Staff vacancies in care services 2018
The Care Inspectorate and Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) published new figures on the levels of staff vacancies in Scotland’s social care services today.
The report comes as the Scottish Government launches a new campaign to promote careers in adult social care ‘There’s More To Care Than Caring’.
Improving Care 2019/20
Our latest edition of Improving Care has been published!
This is a bite-sized guide to who we are and what we do. It’s our job to check the quality of care in Scotland and help improve care when things are not good enough. It includes updates on our inspections, our new resources and good news stories from care services.
Download it here http://bit.ly/ImprovingCare2019-20 or contact us on 0345 600 9527 to order a copy.
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Consultation on our draft quality frameworks for housing support and support services (care at home)
We are developing new ways of inspecting the quality of care and support, to help support improved services for people experiencing care.
In July 2018, we began introducing new frameworks for inspection and self-evaluation. We are developing new frameworks across the range of services which we regulate. You can find the published frameworks here, and more detail about how we use frameworks on inspection here.
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Delegate registration now open for Association for Continence Advice (ACA) Annual Conference and Exhibition 2020
We are delighted to announce that the Association for Continence Advice (ACA) Annual Conference and Exhibition will be held on the 18th and 19th May 2020 at the Mercure Bristol Grand Hotel and registration is now open. This year's conference: ‘Fabulous at 40 and beyond’ will celebrate 40 years of ACA, looking back at how far we have come and forward to what lies ahead for our profession, and we hope you can join us to celebrate this joyous occasion.
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Scottish Government data collection exercise on HPL cladding in care homes
Following the Grenfell Tower fire, the UK Government commissioned fire safety tests of non-ACM cladding, including a test commissioned on High Pressure Laminate (HPL) cladding, the results of which can be found at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/fire-test-report-mhclg-bs-8414-hpl
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