Social Care and Social Work Improvement Scotland (Cancellation of Registration) Order 2026: equality impact assessment

Executive summary

This SSI delivers a proposal which will enhance and strengthen the CI’s powers currently available under the Public Services Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 (“the 2010 Act”). It will enable the regulator to speedily take action against poorly performing services, better protect social care users, and drive up the consistency and quality of care expected across all social care services in Scotland.

This policy will enable the CI to act more effectively and quickly than at present to tackle consistently poorly performing and inadequate care services, which lead to poor outcomes for users of care and residents. This is particularly important where inadequate care services continue to be provided and will help the CI ensure that these individuals are protected and receive good quality of care.

The findings of this impact assessment are that the policy is likely to have a positive impact on people using social care services. It is intended to enable the Care Inspectorate to act more swiftly and efficiently when care providers are no longer deemed as fit to provide the service, or unable to sustain the necessary improvements to their service.