Care Inspectorate Scotland Quality Framework Self-Evaluation - Care Homes
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Questions
0/30 answeredQ1 | Unanswered
Self-evaluation: Does the service use the Care Inspectorate quality framework routinely to evaluate outcomes, identify strengths and improvement priorities, and prepare for inspection?
Evidence to check
- • Completed quality-framework self-evaluation and review schedule
- • Improvement plan linked to quality indicators
- • Evidence of preparation for or learning from inspection
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Self-evaluation: Does the evaluation draw on the lived experience, observations and feedback of people using the service, their families and staff?
Evidence to check
- • Feedback from people using the service, families and staff
- • Observation records or lived-experience evidence
- • Examples showing how feedback informed improvement
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Wellbeing and rights: Are people treated with compassion, dignity and respect, with their privacy, identity, relationships and human rights upheld in everyday practice?
Evidence to check
- • Observation of everyday interactions and personal care
- • Feedback about dignity, privacy, respect and relationships
- • Care records supporting identity and individual preferences
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Wellbeing and rights: Do people have meaningful choice and control over their care, routines, personal space, visitors, activities and the risks they take?
Evidence to check
- • Personal plans recording choices, routines and risk enablement
- • Observation of choice in daily life
- • Feedback from people about control over their lives
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Wellbeing and rights: Are equality, diversity, faith, culture, sexuality, gender identity and communication needs recognised and supported without discrimination?
Evidence to check
- • Equality and diversity information in personal plans
- • Communication and accessibility assessments
- • Staff learning records and feedback about inclusive practice
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Wellbeing and rights: Are people supported to experience purpose, enjoyment and meaningful activity that reflects their interests, skills and aspirations?
Evidence to check
- • Activity and community participation records
- • Observation of meaningful activity and engagement
- • People's feedback about purpose, enjoyment and aspirations
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Meaningful connection: Are people enabled to maintain important relationships and community connections, including unrestricted visiting unless a lawful, individual and proportionate reason applies?
Evidence to check
- • Visiting and meaningful-connection policy
- • Records of individual risk assessments where contact is restricted
- • Feedback from people and families about relationships and contact
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Health and wellbeing: Are changes in a person's health or wellbeing identified promptly, escalated appropriately and followed through with relevant health and social care professionals?
Evidence to check
- • Health monitoring, escalation and referral records
- • Multi-disciplinary meeting or professional advice records
- • Care-plan reviews following changes in need
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Health and wellbeing: Do people receive safe, person-centred support with nutrition, hydration, oral health, mobility, continence, skin integrity, sleep and other assessed health needs?
Evidence to check
- • Nutrition, hydration, oral-health, mobility and skin-integrity records where relevant
- • Observation of support at meals and throughout the day
- • Professional advice and follow-up records
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Health and wellbeing: Are medicines managed safely, with people involved as far as possible and medicines-related concerns, omissions and errors learned from?
Evidence to check
- • Medicines policy, MAR charts and competency records
- • Medicines audit and incident records
- • Evidence of involvement, consent and professional review
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Health and wellbeing: Are anticipatory care planning, palliative and end-of-life care discussed sensitively and delivered in line with each person's wishes where relevant?
Evidence to check
- • Anticipatory care plans and advance wishes where relevant
- • Evidence of involvement by the person, family and professionals
- • Staff training and reflective records for palliative care
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Infection prevention and control: Are effective infection prevention and control arrangements embedded, audited and adjusted to protect people, visitors and staff?
Evidence to check
- • Infection prevention and control audits and action plans
- • Cleaning schedules, training and observation records
- • Outbreak or incident learning where applicable
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Leadership: Does the leadership team communicate a clear, rights-based vision and values that are understood and reflected in staff practice?
Evidence to check
- • Statement of purpose, values and team communications
- • Observation of leadership and staff practice
- • Feedback from people and staff about the service culture
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Leadership: Is there an open, inclusive culture where people and staff can raise concerns, challenge practice and receive a timely, respectful response?
Evidence to check
- • Whistleblowing, complaints and concern records
- • Staff supervision, meeting and survey feedback
- • Examples of concerns responded to and learned from
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Quality assurance: Are audits, incidents, complaints, feedback, observations and outcome data analysed together to identify recurring risks and improvement opportunities?
Evidence to check
- • Audit programme, governance minutes and trend analysis
- • Incident, complaint and feedback summaries
- • Evidence of discussion and decisions based on quality information
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Quality assurance: Are improvement actions clearly owned, time-bound, monitored to completion and checked for their impact on people's experience and outcomes?
Evidence to check
- • Current improvement plan with owners and timescales
- • Follow-up records showing completed actions
- • Impact evaluation or feedback after improvements
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Staff team: Are staffing numbers, skill mix and deployment planned around people's assessed needs, preferences and changing circumstances?
Evidence to check
- • Dependency or needs assessment and staffing rationale
- • Rotas matched to planned care and activities
- • Feedback from people and staff about staffing availability
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Staff team: Is there sufficient competent staff cover at all times, including nights, handovers, breaks, appointments, activities and unplanned absence?
Evidence to check
- • Rotas, contingency arrangements and absence cover
- • Night-time checks and handover records
- • Evidence of response to unplanned changes in need
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Staff team: Are recruitment, safer employment checks, registration, induction, supervision, appraisal, training and competency assessment completed and reviewed appropriately?
Evidence to check
- • Personnel files with safer recruitment and registration checks
- • Induction, supervision, appraisal, training and competency records
- • Action taken where competency or registration concerns arise
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Staff team: Do staff work collaboratively, communicate well and have access to advice, reflective support and learning needed to deliver high-quality care?
Evidence to check
- • Handover, team meeting and multi-disciplinary communication records
- • Staff feedback on support and learning
- • Observation of collaborative practice
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Setting: Are the premises safe, clean, well maintained, comfortable and homely, while protecting privacy and supporting personal choice?
Evidence to check
- • Environmental walkaround and maintenance records
- • Cleaning, laundry and comfort checks
- • Feedback from people about their bedrooms and shared spaces
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Setting: Does the environment promote independence, accessibility, mobility and meaningful use of personal and communal space, including outdoor space where available?
Evidence to check
- • Accessibility and equipment assessments
- • Observation of independent use of spaces
- • Evidence of outdoor access and adaptations where relevant
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Setting: Are facilities, equipment, fire precautions, emergency arrangements and maintenance systems checked and acted upon so that risks are reduced without unnecessarily limiting people's lives?
Evidence to check
- • Fire, equipment, maintenance and emergency records
- • Risk assessments and service contracts
- • Actions arising from checks, drills and incidents
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Care planning: Is each person's needs assessment completed before or at admission and used to decide whether the service can safely meet their needs and outcomes?
Evidence to check
- • Pre-admission assessments and decision records
- • Evidence that needs, risks and outcomes were considered
- • Professional and family information gathered with consent
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Care planning: Are personal plans current, individualised and outcome-focused, with clear guidance for staff about communication, choices, health needs, risks and daily support?
Evidence to check
- • Sample current personal plans and review records
- • Staff discussion confirming plans are understood
- • Observation showing practice matches documented guidance
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Care planning: Are people supported to participate in planning and review, with independent advocacy, guardians, powers of attorney or other representatives involved lawfully and appropriately?
Evidence to check
- • Records of participation, reviews and advocacy
- • Legal authority or representative details where relevant
- • Feedback from people and representatives about involvement
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Care planning: Do plans and practice reflect capacity, consent and any lawful restrictions, with least-restrictive options considered and reviewed?
Evidence to check
- • Capacity, consent and restriction assessments
- • Best-interest or legal-authority documentation where relevant
- • Regular review of least-restrictive approaches
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Partnership: Are families, friends and unpaid carers welcomed as partners in care, kept appropriately informed and supported to contribute to agreed outcomes?
Evidence to check
- • Family communication and involvement records
- • Feedback from relatives, friends and unpaid carers
- • Examples of partnership improving the person's outcomes
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Learning and safety: Are accidents, falls, safeguarding concerns, near misses and significant events recorded, reviewed promptly and used to reduce the likelihood of recurrence?
Evidence to check
- • Accident, falls, safeguarding and near-miss records
- • Investigation, review and learning documentation
- • Evidence of changes to reduce recurrence
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Capacity for improvement: Can the provider demonstrate sustained improvement since the last evaluation or inspection, and explain how it has improved people's quality of life?
Evidence to check
- • Previous inspection or self-evaluation findings
- • Completed improvement actions and impact evidence
- • Current priorities showing continuous improvement
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