Blog: Reflections from my visit to Canada
by Henry Mathias, Head of Professional Practice and Standards
In October I was invited by the Lawson Foundation to Toronto to give the keynote presentation at an international symposium to promote the development of outdoor play in Canada. The Canadian charity had made a trip to Scotland earlier in the year to study outdoor play and fully funded my visit.
Complaints about care services in Scotland 2014/15 to 2017/18
The Care Inspectorate has today published a report on complaints about care services in Scotland between 2014 and 2018.
The report shows that while the overall quality of care services in Scotland remains consistently high, the number of complaints received by the scrutiny and improvement body has increased over the period.
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Blog: New improvement resource helps people to eat and drink well in care
By Jacqueline Dennis, Improvement Adviser
Just take a moment to think of some of your favourite foods. Maybe it’s some crispy bacon in a fresh morning roll that’s smothered in butter, a slow-cooked Sunday roast with all the trimmings or a lovely nut roast if you are vegetarian/vegan. Simply thinking about it is probably making your mouth water.
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Open Wide Launch Event - 7 March 2019
Open Wide Launch Event on Thursday 7 March 2019 at COSLA, Verity House, 19 Haymarket Yards, Edinburgh, EH12 5BH
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Services for children and young people 2012-2017
The Care Inspectorate has today published the first ever overview report on a five year programme of inspections of services for children and young people in Scotland.
Between 2012 and 2017 the Care Inspectorate led a series of 32 joint inspections of services for children and young people – one in each of the 32 local authority areas in Scotland – in partnership with other scrutiny bodies including Education Scotland, Healthcare Improvement Scotland and HM Inspectorate of Constabulary in Scotland.
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