Latest news and publications

This section features the latest news from Healthcare Improvement Scotland.

Safe delivery of care: inspection methodology

This document sets out the methodology that we will use to carry out safe delivery of care inspections of acute hospitals in Scotland. Published September 2023.

Bowel screening standards

Bowel screening standards. Published August 2023

Performance management framework: August 2023

Healthcare Improvement Scotland performance management framework. Published August 2023

Hospital at Home

If you have experienced an overnight stay in hospital, you can probably relate to the feeling of wanting to be […]

Cloud Nine Clinic, Glasgow – independent healthcare inspection report: August 2023

Cloud Nine Clinic, Glasgow – independent healthcare inspection report: August 2023

Espacio Medical Aesthetics – independent healthcare inspection report: August 2023

Independent Healthcare Inspection report for Espacio Medical Aesthetics, Edinburgh.
Published 22 August 2023.

Edinburgh Psychiatry – independent healthcare inspection report: August 2023

Edinburgh Psychiatry – independent healthcare inspection report: August 2023

Westpark Aesthetics – independent healthcare inspection report: August 2023

Independent Healthcare Inspection report for Westpark Aesthetics, Inverness.

Published 13 June 2023.

Larbert Aesthetic Clinic Limited – independent healthcare inspection report: August 2023

Independent Healthcare Inspection report for Larbert Aesthetic Clinic Limited, Larbert.
Published 11 August 2023.

Est-Ethics Wellness Clinic – independent healthcare inspection report: August 2023

Independent Healthcare Inspection report for Est-Ethics Wellness Clinic, Glasgow.
Published 11 August 2023.