mock inspections

Since April 2018, Scotland's Health and Social Care Standards have guided the delivery of care and support services. Developed by the Scottish Government, these standards ensure that people receive dignified, respectful, and compassionate care tailored to their needs. They emphasise inclusion, responsive care, and overall wellbeing.

These standards are vital in planning, commissioning, assessing, and providing care across various services, ensuring consistency and quality.  

The Care Inspectorate approach focuses on experiences and outcomes, emphasising improvement in quality. The core of this approach is a quality framework that helps evaluate care's impact and effectiveness. This framework assists services in self-evaluation and provides independent assurance of care quality.

Regular and thorough audits of your care home are crucial for maintaining your Care Inpsectorate Grades which ultimately inform potential clients and residents about the level of service and standards of care and support they will receive. These audits should go beyond mere formalities to effectively identify and address issues, preventing any risk of a lower rating that could affect your reputation and competitiveness.

Our mock inspections utilise the Care Inspectorate Quality Framework, and look at the areas outlined below, to provide the service with a clear oversight from an independent perspective.

• Aims and Objectives

• Management Oversight and Governance

• Development Plan – with actions and evidence

• Planned Care and Support

• Meaningful Connections

• Infection Prevention and Control

• Medication Systems and Recording

• Accidents/Incidents

• Staff Recruitment and Retention

• Resident Finances

• Complaints Review

• Learning from complaints – actions and evidence

• Physical Environments

• Maintenance Records