Comment: | The Commission for Social Care Inspection brings together the work previously undertaken by the Social Services Inspectorate, the SSI / Audit Commission joint review team and the social care functions of the National Care Standards Commission.
The Inspectorate will:
+ carry out local inspections of all social care organisations - public, private, and voluntary - against national standards and publish reports;
+ register services that meet national minimum standards;
+ carry out inspections of local social service authorities;
+ publish an annual report to Parliament on national progress on social care and an analysis of where resources have been spent;
+ validate all published performance assessment statistics on social care;
+ publish the star ratings for social services authorities. |
