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- Inspection report on children's services published
- SCMA's Childminding Month
- Going for Gold
- When parents are detained
- Joined up support vital, as watchdog warns of danger moments for vulnerable kids
- Medical device alert
- Reach High! Care Inspectorate event for young people
- First Joint Inspection of Children's Services Published
- Involving people in care services "essential", warns Care Inspectorate
- Care News Now Online
- Beware bogus inspectors
- Preventing Falls: a booklet for care at home staff
- Care Inspectorate welcomes new Chair
- Care Inspectorate reports on deaths of looked after children
- Communications and mealtimes toolkit for people with Dementia
- PVG/Enhanced Disclosure update
- St Margaret of Scotland Hospice Courses
- Equality Reports 2013 Consultation
- Legionella bacteria prevention in water systems
- SCMA eLearning Tool
- Procurement Strategy 2013-2016 Consultation
- Renfrewshire Council Scrutiny Report
- We are now recruiting for Head of Quality and Improvement
- Making Every Moment Count in Care for Older People
- Preventing listeriosis
- Care Inspectorate Appoints New Top Team
- Report on the outbreak of E.coli 0157 infection
- Risk Management Authority Report
- Follow the MHRA on Twitter
- Care Inspectorate Annual Report and Accounts 2011/12
- Does your service have what it takes to be award winning?
- Care News - Winter 2012/2013
- Queen's Nursing Institute Scotland - Dignity Introductory Workshops
- Care Inspectorate Chair Vacancy
- Aberdeen City Council Scrutiny Report
- Online Policy/Research Hub Survey
- West Dunbartonshire Council Scrutiny Report
- Care Inspectorate recruiting senior roles
- QNIS Delivering Dignity Grants Programme
- Annual Returns
- New report helps providers use infection prevention and control learning resource
- Tooth-brushing in nurseries - The Childsmile Programme
- Circumstances when an emergency relaxation of registered numbers will be considered
- South Ayrshire Council Scrutiny Report
- European Antibiotic Awareness Day 2012
- Stop Pressure Ulcer Day 16th November 2012
- 5 x 50 Challenge
- Environmental Policy Consultation
- Childcare Statistics 2011
- Research shows that 25 children die from being entangled in window blind cords
- Alert - Norovirus season has officially started Wednesday 31 October 2012
- 2011 Scottish Social Services Workforce Data Report
- Proposed Organisational Structure Consultation
- PVG scheme update - Childminders and their assistants
- Improving services for children - Consultation
- Registration Policy and Guidance published
- Global Handwashing Day and International Infection Prevention Week
- Care News - Autumn 2012
- Early alert - Be prepared for Norovirus
- Vacancy Alert: Communications Manager
- Staff and public encouraged to raise concerns
- Protecting Vunlnerable Groups (PVG) Guidance for Care Inspectorate staff and service providers
- Medication Guidance - Printed copies available
- Care Inspectorate progress Review: Renfrewshire Child Protection Committee Significant Case Review
- Closure and relocation of Care Inspectorate offices in Galashiels
- Information about seasonal influenza and pneumococcal vaccination in residential care services
- MHRA Alert - Hypurin Porcine Insulin
- Medicine Administration Records (MAR) Guidance
- Health and Care Professions Council Consultation
- New Board Member Announced
- Medicine Administration Records (MAR) Guidance
- Launch of new accessible counselling service for disabled people in Scotland
- SCMA secures funding to Community Childminding Service in Fife and Stirling
- Consultation on proposal to consolidate the SSSC Register
- Scottish Pre-school Play Association’s national conference
- MHRA Alert
- Technologies scoping report published by Healthcare Improvement Scotland
- Good Egg Guide to In-Car Child Safety
- Scottish Pre-school Play Association’s national conference
- Protecting Vulnerable Groups - Sector-based work academies and student placements
- Echinacea herbal products should not be used for children under 12 years old
- Vacancy for Administration Assistant
- Scottish Childminding Association AGM and Conference
- Orkney Island Council Scrutiny Report
- MHRA Alert: Recall of paracetamol batch
- SSSC new mobile website
- Falkirk Council Scrutiny Report
- Supporting Better Care Programme
- Shared Care Scotland 'Suggest a Service'
- 3rd National Conference on Bereavement in a Healthcare Setting
- Getting into action
- North Lanarkshire Scrutiny Report
- Rest assured? A study of unpaid carers' experiences of short breaks
- Care News - Summer 2012
- Ready Steady Toddler
- Rehabilitation’s Consultants contribution to published book.
- Go for Gold 2012 Challenge
- Just Whistle - Child Sexual Exploitation
- SSSC Review of the Core Minimum Data Set
- Scotland's Dementia Awards
- Scottish Borders Scrutiny Report
- Fake Digital Thermometers
- Joint inspection of services to protect children and young people - Fife Council area
- Stirling Council Scrutiny Report
- MHRA Alert - Precautionary recall of Anapen
- East Ayrshire Council Scrutiny Report
- Joint inspection of services to protect children and young people - Dundee City Council area
- Scotland’s Dementia Awards
- Joint inspection of services to protect children and young people - Moray council area
- Care Inspectorate membership of NHS Incident Management Team during Public Health Incident
- Norovirus alert as high levels reported out of normal season
- Early years nutrition – a list of best practice publications
- Care News - Spring 2012
- Healthcare Improvement Scotland: Technologies Scoping Report
- Scottish Government seeks volunteers for User and Carer group
- Update : Payment of PVGs and Disclosure Scotland checks
- New Guidance on Controlled Drugs
- Looking after your care
- Patient level Co-codamol Drug Alert
- Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) registration for supervisors in care homes for adults
- Joint inspection of services to protect children and young people - West Dunbartonshire council area
- East Lothian Council Scrutiny Report
- Midlothian Council Scrutiny Report
- RPS Scotland launches report on improving pharmaceutical care in care homes
- Electronic Power of Attorney Registration
- Bribery Act 2010 Policy and Procedures
- East Renfrewshire Council Scrutiny Report
- Comhairle nan Eilean Siar Council Scrutiny Report (Gaelic Version)
- Paisley Office closed this afternoon
- Risk Assessment – Information for Care Service Providers
- Who we are DVD
- MHRA alerts - Buccal Midazolam, Adrenaline and Atropine injections
- Joint inspection of services to protect children and young people in the South Ayrshire council area
- Payment of PVG and Enhanced Disclosure Checks - Childminders
- Is your care home supervisor registered?
- Learning disability and dementia - training for trainers
- Comhairle nan Eilean Siar Council Scrutiny Report
- Failure to Submit an Annual Return
- Updated guidance on the records and notifications services (except childminding) must make
- Notifiable event - when is formal regulatory action, including variation required?
- Involving People Group Video
- Mental Welfare Commission Report 'Powers of Attorney and their safeguards'
- Who we are DVD
- Launch of serious incident review procedures
- New DVD ensures health and social services staff are Informed about Dementia
- Care Inspectorate and Scottish Fire and Rescue Services sign off interim MOU
- Guidance on Pressure Ulcer Classification/Skin Excoriation
- Edinburgh City Council Scrutiny Report
- Care Home Supervisors – SSSC Registration
- Joint inspection of services to protect children and young people in Shetland Islands council area
- Care News Magazine - Winter 2011/2012
- Infection Prevention and Control in Childcare Settings
- Annual Returns 2012
- Tell NHS Education Scotland and IRISS how you use evidence to inform practice
- Recall of specific batches of Clopixol Conc Injection (500mg/ml)
- Inspector Opportunities
- New Exclusion Criteria for Childcare Settings (Daycare and Childminding Settings) December 2011
- Joint inspection of services to protect children and young people in Scottish Borders council area
- Short Breaks fund for disabled children, young people and their families
- Care Watchdog Urges Vigilance to Prevent the Spread of Winter Bugs in Care Homes
- Alert - Norovirus season has officially started
- Industrial Action
- East Dunbartonshire Council Scrutiny Report
- Care regulatory system "sufficiently rigorous"
- Guidance on contingency planning and financial viability
- SSSC Registrations of Daycare of Children - Practitioners
- MHRA Alert
- PVG scheme update - Role of CRBS (New announcement November 2011)
- Rehabilitation Consultant Newsletter
- Annual Returns - December 2011
- Care Triggers
- Care Inspectorate appoints Annette Bruton as new Chief Executive
- European Antibiotic Awareness Day (18 November 2011)
- Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency Alert
- West Lothian Council Scrutiny Report
- Be prepared - Norovirus guidance for Care Homes
- Recall of Colgate Periogard 0.2% Oromucosal Solution
- Care Inspectorate publishes childcare statistics 2010
- Increase of hand, foot and mouth infection in children
- Royal College of Nursing publish new guide to developing specialist skills in autism practice
- Joint inspection of services to protect children and young people in Perth & Kinross Council
- Role of pharmacists to be reviewed
- Voluntary recall of a type of Flu Vaccine called Preflucel
- Guidance strengthened on handling allegations against school staff in Scotland
- Social service workers urged to have zero tolerance for unacceptable levels of care
- Protection of Vulnerable Groups Scheme (PVG) free checks – role of CRBS
- Safer recruitment update - taking account of the protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG)
- Clackmannanshire Council Scrutiny Report
- Influenza and Pneumococcal vaccination guidance
- Consultation on the future Care Inspectorate Complaints Procedure
- Joint inspection of services to protect children and young people in the Argyll & Bute Council area
- Highland Council Scrutiny Report
- North Ayrshire Council Scrutiny Report
- MHRA Alerts
- Online services for Learning Disabilities
- Interim Policy on Peripatetic Managers in Day Care of Children Services
- Our new everyday name
- Institute for Research and Innovation in Social Services Events
- Dumfries & Galloway Council Scrutiny Report
- National Naloxone Programme
- Joint inspection of services to protect children and young people in Falkirk Council area
- Preventing Infection in Care
- Joint follow through inspection of services to protect children and young people in Stirling Council
- Angus Council Scrutiny Report
- Joint inspection of services to protect children and young people in Midlothian Council area
- Is your early year’s practitioner registered?
- Nursing & Midwifery Council Edinburgh Office
- MHRA Alert
- Health guidance note on the new Infection Prevention and Control in Childcare Settings
- Using social media – guidance for social service workers and employers
- Revised health guidance on Disposable gloves: use and management
- SSSC Codes of Practice
- Read our inspection reports as soon as they have been published
- SCSWIS is piloting a revised risk assessment document
- Perth and Kinross Scrutiny Report
- Moray Council Scrutiny Report
- Scottish Housing and Support Conference
- Electronic only certificates, inspection reports and forms
- New learning resource available - Respecting and Protecting Adults at Risk in Scotland
- Joint statement on care and support for all people with learning disabilities
- Education Scotland launched as new agency for education
- Building a framework for offender risk assessment
- Drive to prevent care home falls
- Website publications - maintenance
- Shetland Islands Council Scrutiny Report
- Report on care and permanence planning for looked after children
- Involvement Review Consultation Survey
- Time to Live Applications Now Open
- Performance Improvement Handbook 2011-12 for local authority social work inspection
- Latest update for Providers on various PVG scheme issues
- Issues in the healthcare sector: SCSWIS Statement
- Argyll and Bute Council scrutiny report
- Joint inspection of services to protect children and young people in Aberdeen City Council area
- Glasgow City Council scrutiny report
- Joint inspection of services to protect children and young people
- SCSWIS response to Panorama expose
- Two new online short courses on infection prevention and control
- Protection of Vulnerable Groups Scheme Guidance
- Rehabilitation Consultant Newsletter
- Evidence-informed Performance Improvement Series
- Helping young people leaving care move on with their lives
- Public Information Bulletin
- SSSC Registration News
- Change in the Regulations to how often personal plans must be reviewed
- Scotland's new centre for excellence for looked after children
- Meet the Executive Team
- Introducing new approaches to registration, enquiries and complaints
- Introducing the new SCSWIS Board
- News archive
- Inspection report on children's services published
- SCMA's Childminding Month
- Going for Gold
- When parents are detained
- Joined up support vital, as watchdog warns of danger moments for vulnerable kids
- Medical device alert
- Reach High! Care Inspectorate event for young people
- First Joint Inspection of Children's Services Published
- Involving people in care services "essential", warns Care Inspectorate
- Care News Now Online
- Beware bogus inspectors
- Preventing Falls: a booklet for care at home staff
- Care Inspectorate welcomes new Chair
- Care Inspectorate reports on deaths of looked after children
- Communications and mealtimes toolkit for people with Dementia
- PVG/Enhanced Disclosure update
- St Margaret of Scotland Hospice Courses
- Equality Reports 2013 Consultation
- Legionella bacteria prevention in water systems
- SCMA eLearning Tool
- Procurement Strategy 2013-2016 Consultation
- Renfrewshire Council Scrutiny Report
- We are now recruiting for Head of Quality and Improvement
- Making Every Moment Count in Care for Older People
- Preventing listeriosis
- Care Inspectorate Appoints New Top Team
- Report on the outbreak of E.coli 0157 infection
- Risk Management Authority Report
- Follow the MHRA on Twitter
- Care Inspectorate Annual Report and Accounts 2011/12
- Does your service have what it takes to be award winning?
- Care News - Winter 2012/2013
- Queen's Nursing Institute Scotland - Dignity Introductory Workshops
- Care Inspectorate Chair Vacancy
- Aberdeen City Council Scrutiny Report
- Online Policy/Research Hub Survey
- West Dunbartonshire Council Scrutiny Report
- Care Inspectorate recruiting senior roles
- QNIS Delivering Dignity Grants Programme
- Annual Returns
- New report helps providers use infection prevention and control learning resource
- Tooth-brushing in nurseries - The Childsmile Programme
- Circumstances when an emergency relaxation of registered numbers will be considered
- South Ayrshire Council Scrutiny Report
- European Antibiotic Awareness Day 2012
- Stop Pressure Ulcer Day 16th November 2012
- 5 x 50 Challenge
- Environmental Policy Consultation
- Childcare Statistics 2011
- Research shows that 25 children die from being entangled in window blind cords
- Alert - Norovirus season has officially started Wednesday 31 October 2012
- 2011 Scottish Social Services Workforce Data Report
- Proposed Organisational Structure Consultation
- PVG scheme update - Childminders and their assistants
- Improving services for children - Consultation
- Registration Policy and Guidance published
- Global Handwashing Day and International Infection Prevention Week
- Care News - Autumn 2012
- Early alert - Be prepared for Norovirus
- Vacancy Alert: Communications Manager
- Staff and public encouraged to raise concerns
- Protecting Vunlnerable Groups (PVG) Guidance for Care Inspectorate staff and service providers
- Medication Guidance - Printed copies available
- Care Inspectorate progress Review: Renfrewshire Child Protection Committee Significant Case Review
- Closure and relocation of Care Inspectorate offices in Galashiels
- Information about seasonal influenza and pneumococcal vaccination in residential care services
- MHRA Alert - Hypurin Porcine Insulin
- Medicine Administration Records (MAR) Guidance
- Health and Care Professions Council Consultation
- New Board Member Announced
- Medicine Administration Records (MAR) Guidance
- Launch of new accessible counselling service for disabled people in Scotland
- SCMA secures funding to Community Childminding Service in Fife and Stirling
- Consultation on proposal to consolidate the SSSC Register
- Scottish Pre-school Play Association’s national conference
- MHRA Alert
- Technologies scoping report published by Healthcare Improvement Scotland
- Good Egg Guide to In-Car Child Safety
- Scottish Pre-school Play Association’s national conference
- Protecting Vulnerable Groups - Sector-based work academies and student placements
- Echinacea herbal products should not be used for children under 12 years old
- Vacancy for Administration Assistant
- Scottish Childminding Association AGM and Conference
- Orkney Island Council Scrutiny Report
- MHRA Alert: Recall of paracetamol batch
- SSSC new mobile website
- Falkirk Council Scrutiny Report
- Supporting Better Care Programme
- Shared Care Scotland 'Suggest a Service'
- 3rd National Conference on Bereavement in a Healthcare Setting
- Getting into action
- North Lanarkshire Scrutiny Report
- Rest assured? A study of unpaid carers' experiences of short breaks
- Care News - Summer 2012
- Ready Steady Toddler
- Rehabilitation’s Consultants contribution to published book.
- Go for Gold 2012 Challenge
- Just Whistle - Child Sexual Exploitation
- SSSC Review of the Core Minimum Data Set
- Scotland's Dementia Awards
- Scottish Borders Scrutiny Report
- Fake Digital Thermometers
- Joint inspection of services to protect children and young people - Fife Council area
- Stirling Council Scrutiny Report
- MHRA Alert - Precautionary recall of Anapen
- East Ayrshire Council Scrutiny Report
- Joint inspection of services to protect children and young people - Dundee City Council area
- Scotland’s Dementia Awards
- Joint inspection of services to protect children and young people - Moray council area
- Care Inspectorate membership of NHS Incident Management Team during Public Health Incident
- Norovirus alert as high levels reported out of normal season
- Early years nutrition – a list of best practice publications
- Care News - Spring 2012
- Healthcare Improvement Scotland: Technologies Scoping Report
- Scottish Government seeks volunteers for User and Carer group
- Update : Payment of PVGs and Disclosure Scotland checks
- New Guidance on Controlled Drugs
- Looking after your care
- Patient level Co-codamol Drug Alert
- Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) registration for supervisors in care homes for adults
- Joint inspection of services to protect children and young people - West Dunbartonshire council area
- East Lothian Council Scrutiny Report
- Midlothian Council Scrutiny Report
- RPS Scotland launches report on improving pharmaceutical care in care homes
- Electronic Power of Attorney Registration
- Bribery Act 2010 Policy and Procedures
- East Renfrewshire Council Scrutiny Report
- Comhairle nan Eilean Siar Council Scrutiny Report (Gaelic Version)
- Paisley Office closed this afternoon
- Risk Assessment – Information for Care Service Providers
- Who we are DVD
- MHRA alerts - Buccal Midazolam, Adrenaline and Atropine injections
- Joint inspection of services to protect children and young people in the South Ayrshire council area
- Payment of PVG and Enhanced Disclosure Checks - Childminders
- Is your care home supervisor registered?
- Learning disability and dementia - training for trainers
- Comhairle nan Eilean Siar Council Scrutiny Report
- Failure to Submit an Annual Return
- Updated guidance on the records and notifications services (except childminding) must make
- Notifiable event - when is formal regulatory action, including variation required?
- Involving People Group Video
- Mental Welfare Commission Report 'Powers of Attorney and their safeguards'
- Who we are DVD
- Launch of serious incident review procedures
- New DVD ensures health and social services staff are Informed about Dementia
- Care Inspectorate and Scottish Fire and Rescue Services sign off interim MOU
- Guidance on Pressure Ulcer Classification/Skin Excoriation
- Edinburgh City Council Scrutiny Report
- Care Home Supervisors – SSSC Registration
- Joint inspection of services to protect children and young people in Shetland Islands council area
- Care News Magazine - Winter 2011/2012
- Infection Prevention and Control in Childcare Settings
- Annual Returns 2012
- Tell NHS Education Scotland and IRISS how you use evidence to inform practice
- Recall of specific batches of Clopixol Conc Injection (500mg/ml)
- Inspector Opportunities
- New Exclusion Criteria for Childcare Settings (Daycare and Childminding Settings) December 2011
- Joint inspection of services to protect children and young people in Scottish Borders council area
- Short Breaks fund for disabled children, young people and their families
- Care Watchdog Urges Vigilance to Prevent the Spread of Winter Bugs in Care Homes
- Alert - Norovirus season has officially started
- Industrial Action
- East Dunbartonshire Council Scrutiny Report
- Care regulatory system "sufficiently rigorous"
- Guidance on contingency planning and financial viability
- SSSC Registrations of Daycare of Children - Practitioners
- MHRA Alert
- PVG scheme update - Role of CRBS (New announcement November 2011)
- Rehabilitation Consultant Newsletter
- Annual Returns - December 2011
- Care Triggers
- Care Inspectorate appoints Annette Bruton as new Chief Executive
- European Antibiotic Awareness Day (18 November 2011)
- Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency Alert
- West Lothian Council Scrutiny Report
- Be prepared - Norovirus guidance for Care Homes
- Recall of Colgate Periogard 0.2% Oromucosal Solution
- Care Inspectorate publishes childcare statistics 2010
- Increase of hand, foot and mouth infection in children
- Royal College of Nursing publish new guide to developing specialist skills in autism practice
- Joint inspection of services to protect children and young people in Perth & Kinross Council
- Role of pharmacists to be reviewed
- Voluntary recall of a type of Flu Vaccine called Preflucel
- Guidance strengthened on handling allegations against school staff in Scotland
- Social service workers urged to have zero tolerance for unacceptable levels of care
- Protection of Vulnerable Groups Scheme (PVG) free checks – role of CRBS
- Safer recruitment update - taking account of the protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG)
- Clackmannanshire Council Scrutiny Report
- Influenza and Pneumococcal vaccination guidance
- Consultation on the future Care Inspectorate Complaints Procedure
- Joint inspection of services to protect children and young people in the Argyll & Bute Council area
- Highland Council Scrutiny Report
- North Ayrshire Council Scrutiny Report
- MHRA Alerts
- Online services for Learning Disabilities
- Interim Policy on Peripatetic Managers in Day Care of Children Services
- Our new everyday name
- Institute for Research and Innovation in Social Services Events
- Dumfries & Galloway Council Scrutiny Report
- National Naloxone Programme
- Joint inspection of services to protect children and young people in Falkirk Council area
- Preventing Infection in Care
- Joint follow through inspection of services to protect children and young people in Stirling Council
- Angus Council Scrutiny Report
- Joint inspection of services to protect children and young people in Midlothian Council area
- Is your early year’s practitioner registered?
- Nursing & Midwifery Council Edinburgh Office
- MHRA Alert
- Health guidance note on the new Infection Prevention and Control in Childcare Settings
- Using social media – guidance for social service workers and employers
- Revised health guidance on Disposable gloves: use and management
- SSSC Codes of Practice
- Read our inspection reports as soon as they have been published
- SCSWIS is piloting a revised risk assessment document
- Perth and Kinross Scrutiny Report
- Moray Council Scrutiny Report
- Scottish Housing and Support Conference
- Electronic only certificates, inspection reports and forms
- New learning resource available - Respecting and Protecting Adults at Risk in Scotland
- Joint statement on care and support for all people with learning disabilities
- Education Scotland launched as new agency for education
- Building a framework for offender risk assessment
- Drive to prevent care home falls
- Website publications - maintenance
- Shetland Islands Council Scrutiny Report
- Report on care and permanence planning for looked after children
- Involvement Review Consultation Survey
- Time to Live Applications Now Open
- Performance Improvement Handbook 2011-12 for local authority social work inspection
- Latest update for Providers on various PVG scheme issues
- Issues in the healthcare sector: SCSWIS Statement
- Argyll and Bute Council scrutiny report
- Joint inspection of services to protect children and young people in Aberdeen City Council area
- Glasgow City Council scrutiny report
- Joint inspection of services to protect children and young people
- SCSWIS response to Panorama expose
- Two new online short courses on infection prevention and control
- Protection of Vulnerable Groups Scheme Guidance
- Rehabilitation Consultant Newsletter
- Evidence-informed Performance Improvement Series
- Helping young people leaving care move on with their lives
- Public Information Bulletin
- SSSC Registration News
- Change in the Regulations to how often personal plans must be reviewed
- Scotland's new centre for excellence for looked after children
- Meet the Executive Team
- Introducing new approaches to registration, enquiries and complaints
- Introducing the new SCSWIS Board
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