Care Inspectorate

Edinburgh-based housing and care provider Blackwood has received a five-star endorsement from Scotland's care watchdog following a recent inspection. Blackwood Care Edinburgh and South East Services received high marks from the Care Inspectorate for the second year in a row for quality of

Queens Cross Housing Association has been awarded the Care Inspectorate’s top rating for its work in helping to improve residents’ mental health.

Complaints about care in Scotland have risen in the past four years, according to the Care Inspectorate.

Trust Housing has been awarded two excellent grades (6’s) for its quality of care and support and quality of staffing following a recent inspection. The Care Inspectorate also awarded the Association four grades of very good (5’s) from a further two inspections.

Edinburgh-based care specialist Blackwood has been praised by Scotland’s major regulatory body for helping people with disabilities live life to the fullest. Following an inspection from the Care Inspectorate, Blackwood has received commendation for the significant steps it has taken to improv

A care at home service for older people in the Borders has received glowing results following a recent independent inspection. Hanover (Scotland) Housing Association operates the service which scored Grade 5 (very good) across the board in an inspection report published by the Care Inspectorate.

More than half of adult care homes and care at home services in Scotland have staff vacancies which are significantly above the national average, according to a new report. Joint findings from the Care Inspectorate and the social services regulator Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) said &ldquo

Staff at a homeless project have been praised for helping residents recover from drug and alcohol addictions and get back on their feet. Officers from the Care Inspectorate carried out an unannounced inspection at the block in Ashton View, Dumbarton last month.

Residents of Seafield House and River Clyde Homes staff River Clyde Homes has been working in partnership with the Care Inspectorate on a new resource aimed at encouraging everyone who experiences care to keep moving to maintain their health and well-being.

Hjaltland Housing Association’s Housing Support Services have been given a glowing report by the Care Inspectorate. An inspection of the Association’s sheltered housing support services along with The Hub Project – an initiative jointly ran with Shetland Islands Council to provide transitional

(from left) Back: Stevie McLachlan, Janet Dunlop (Stewart House Warden), Jillian Moffat. Front: Jimmy Grant, Kathy McDade. River Clyde Homes’ Sheltered Housing Service has received its most positive report following a recent unannounced visit from the Care Inspectorate.

Extra funding of a billion pounds over the next three years is needed to address the gap of funding that exists in social care in Scotland today, MSPs heard this week. Scottish Care told the Scottish Parliament’s health and sport committee inquiry into care home sustainability that care homes are

The Care Inspectorate has graded Bridgewater’s Housing Support Service Grade 6 - Excellent following an unannounced inspection, which concluded on 11 October. This grading covers quality of care and support; quality of staffing; and quality of management and leadership.

Eildon Group’s Sheltered Services and Very Sheltered Services have maintained their ‘five star’ ratings following a report by the Care Inspectorate. The developments at Frank Scott Court and Teviot Court in Hawick, Oakwood Park in Galashiels, Millar House in Melrose, and Riverside House in Pee

Sheltered housing support services across South Lanarkshire have received glowing reports following recent inspections by the Care Inspectorate. The council’s services were graded ‘Very Good’ across all three themes – Quality of care and support, Quality of staffing and Quality of management