Adult support and protection supported self-evaluation overview report: September 2025
Document Type
Adult support and protection
Inspection reports
Summary
This supported self-evaluation work builds on the joint inspections of adult support and protection that took place from 2017 to 2024, and the publication of a quality improvement framework for adult support and protection in autumn 2024.
Inspection partners the Care Inspectorate, Healthcare Improvement Scotland and His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary in Scotland worked with a number of volunteer adult protection partnerships. The partnerships were supported to use the quality improvement framework to evaluate their local early intervention, prevention and trauma-informed initiatives for adults at risk of harm.
This was a unique approach by multiagency inspection partners which aimed to build capacity for self-evaluation and promote learning across the sector.