Adult social care support and community health: draft Scottish learning and improvement framework

1. Purpose of the Framework

The Scottish Learning and Improvement Framework (SLIF) sets out the overarching vision and priorities for improvement in Adult Social Care Support, Social Work and Community Health that have been agreed by the Steering Group with representation across the system.

It will support a move from a predominant focus on scrutiny and reporting, to an approach which builds improvement and quality management into the system.

The SLIF has been developed to focus and track improvement across the outcomes that matter to people. The high-level priority themes and outcomes will be used to set a direction for action across the system, with the aim of creating clarity and consistency and through harnessing action towards this core common vision. The high-level nature of the themes and outcomes is intentional to encourage and support flexibility in delivery, at a service and local level, to achieve positive change to an outcome.

The SLIF’s purpose will be supported by two pieces of work, described as “pillars,” to create the conditions for quality and improvement and to ensure meaningful measurement at each level of the system.