New Care Commission report highlights voluntary sector excellence
Posted on Tuesday 22 March 2011
Voluntary sector support services for adults are improving faster than similar services within the private or public sector, as revealed by the Care Commission yesterday in its latest, and final, Quality of Care Review. The proportion of services in the sector graded as ‘very good’ (5) or ‘excellent’ (6) has again increased this year, with housing support services in particular seeing an increase from 30% in March 2009, to 33% in March 2010, and the proportion of voluntary sector care at home services achieving gradings of 5 or 6 increasing from 34% in 2009, to 37%.
This review follows on from the Care Commission’s 2010 report, ‘Making the Grade’ which also highlighted the higher proportion of ‘5’ and ‘6’ grades achieved by the voluntary sector. Since that report was published, some voluntary sector adult care services have seen dramatic increases in their higher band gradings, with care homes for older people more than doubling their 5 and 6 grades, and care homes for other adults similarly increasing the proportion of their higher grades by almost 40%.
The Care Commission will cease to exist on 31 March 2011: Social Care and Social Work Improvement Scotland (SCSWIS) will take over its regulatory role from 1 April 2011. CCPS has already forged close links with the new scrutiny body; please see this earlier news story.