Social Work Inspection Agency: Multi-Agency Inspection: Thematic Inspection of Services for People with a Learning Disability in Angus, Dumfries and Galloway, East and West Lothian

In the last four decades there have been major changes in the lives and expectations of many, probably most people with a learning disability in Scotland. Older people with a learning disability and their parents and grandparents will remember institutional life being seen as the norm for many people, with large hospitals providing care literally from the cradle to the grave. Although some people living in these institutions were profoundly disabled many others had only mild or moderate disabilities.

SWIA was the lead scrutiny body in the production of this report. The primary purpose of our scrutiny activity is to provide independent assurance that services are well managed, safe and fit for purpose and that they represent the best value for money. The report is intended to provide this assurance to the general public and to Scottish Ministers.