Independent Review of Inspection, Scrutiny and Regulation of Social Care in Scotland: progress update 2025 – easy read
Easy read version of the 2025 progress update from the Independent Review of Inspection, Scrutiny and Social Care in Scotland.
About The Independent Review of Inspection, Scrutiny and Regulation of Social Care in Scotland (IRISR)
My name is Maree Todd. I am an MSP – a member of the Scottish Parliament. My job in the Scottish Government is Minister for Social Care, Mental Wellbeing and Sport.
In March 2024, I responded to a review of Social Care Services in Scotland. It was called the Independent Review of Inspection, Scrutiny and Regulation of Social Care in Scotland (IRISR).
Review is when something is looked at to see if it is working well and what needs to change. Inspection and scrutiny are both ways of looking closely at something.
Regulations are rules.
Social care is services that support people with daily living so they can be as independent as possible.
The review was to check how social care support services could be better for people who use them. I accepted all 38 recommendations that were in the review.
A recommendation is what they think should happen to make things better.
I would like to thank the regulators again for their help to check the system and for making sure social care support services keep getting better. Regulators are people who check services.
Contact
Email: ASCRegulation@gov.scot