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Local Safeguarding Children Boards are not demonstrating their impact on children's lives
Local Safeguarding Children Boards are not demonstrating their impact on children's lives
Safeguarding children and young people and protecting them from harm is crucial to the future and well-being of our society.

A core element of the Children Act 2004 Act was the requirement that each local authority establish a Local Safeguarding Children ...
17/02/2012

HIW plans to drive improvement in healthcare
HIW plans to drive improvement in healthcare
In August 2011 HIW published its Three Year Programme 2011-2014.  It sets out a comprehensive programme of review activity targeted in those areas where we ...
13/02/2012

The treatment of children and young people in police custody must focus more on safeguarding their welfare
The treatment of children and young people in police custody must focus more on safeguarding their welfare
The findings follow a joint inspection by HM Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC), HM Inspectorate of Probation, HM Inspectorate of Prisons, the Care Quality Commission, Healthcare Inspectorate Wales, and the Care and Social Services Inspectorate Wales.

Th ...
13/02/2012

Wales Audit Office to publish Annual Improvement reports
Wales Audit Office to publish Annual Improvement reports

The Wales Audit Office is preparing to publish Annual Improvement reports for local councils, National Parks and fire and rescue services.

The reports, due to be published by the end of January, will ...

15/12/2011

Healthcare Summits 2011
Healthcare Summits 2011

For the past four years Healthcare Inspectorate Wales has facilitated a programme of annual Healthcare Summits involving health and social care review bodies and improvement agencies working across Wales. The 2011 summit meetings took place dur ...

03/01/2012

Agencies in Pembrokeshire must improve to safeguard and protect children
Agencies in Pembrokeshire must improve to safeguard and protect children

Agencies in Pembrokeshire have not always worked effectively to protect children from abuse by professionals, and improvements are needed, a joint inspectorate report published today has found.

22/02/2012

Healthcare Inspectorate Wales publishes its 2010-2011 Annual Report
Healthcare Inspectorate Wales publishes its 2010-2011 Annual Report

HIW’s role is to provide assurance to patients and the public that healthcare services in Wales are safe and of good quality. To do this HIW undertakes inspections and investigations into the provision of healthcare commissioned an ...

22/02/2012

National fraud initiative detects and prevents £4.5 million of fraud and over-payments
National fraud initiative detects and prevents £4.5 million of fraud and over-payments

A national scheme designed to combat fraud against the public sector resulted in the detection and prevention of overpayments worth £4.5 million.

The National Fraud Initiativ ...

13/02/2012

Nursery children, staff and parents benefit from an Estyn inspection
Nursery children, staff and parents benefit from an Estyn inspection
Estyn inspected a nursery in south Wales in 2009 and recognised that it needed ‘focused improvement’. Less than a year later, on re-inspection, inspectors judged it to have made excellent progress. This was because the owner, staff and the local authority ha ...
05/10/2011

Quality Services – Demonstrating Action Children’s day care
Quality Services – Demonstrating Action Children’s day care

In the last two years the CSSIW inspection team in North Wales has focussed on diet and nutrition. This followed contact by a community dietician about work with day care providers. During inspect ...

13/02/2012

Inspection, audit and regulation bodies sign agreement to boost joint working
Inspection, audit and regulation bodies sign agreement to boost joint working
The four bodies - Care and Social Services Inspectorate Wales (CSSIW), Estyn, Healthcare Inspectorate Wales (HIW) and the Wales Audit Office (WAO) are also launching a joint paper on inspection, audit and regulation.
The paper,
13/02/2012