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Independence, wellbeing and choice inspection programme

8 October 2008

Independence, wellbeing and choice inspections (IWC) help us assess how well a council is delivering social care services.

The tables below show the inspection programme which covers the period from August 2007 to March 2009. The programme for April 2009 onwards will be added as soon as it is finalised.

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We do not have a ‘rolling programme’ of inspections covering all councils, so not all councils will be in the programme. Councils are selected for inspection during their annual performance assessment

Planned inspections

These are the remaining planned inspections for 2008-2009. The dates below may be subject to minor changes.

August 2008 to November 2008

Hertfordshire Sandwell
Knowsley  

December 2008 to March 2009

Kent Suffolk
Luton Swindon
North Somerset Thurrock
Peterborough Wandsworth
Poole Wiltshire
Solihull Wolverhampton
Somerset Worcestershire
Staffordshire  

Current and past inspections

These are all the Independence Wellbeing and Choice inspections that have been carried out since August 2007.

You can search for published council inspection reports on our website:

We aim to publish all inspection reports within 12-16 weeks. We do not publish a report until we present it to the council so timescales for publication will vary.

August 2007 to July 2008

 Council Inspection date Report published
Bolton September 2008 Not yet published
Gloucestershire September 2008 Not yet published
Sheffield July 2008 Not yet published
Leeds July 2008 Not yet published
Surrey July 2008 Not yet published
East Sussex July 2008 September 2008
Barnsley June 2008 October 2008
Wokingham June 2008 September 2008
Coventry June 2008 October 2008
Buckinghamshire June 2008 September 2008
York June 2008 Not yet published
Milton Keynes May 2008 October 2008
Southend on Sea May 2008 September 2008
Nottingham April 2008 July 2008
Leicestershire April 2008 July 2008
Bedfordshire April 2008 Not yet published
Kirklees April 2008 July 2008
Lewisham March 2008 July 2008
Blackburn March 2008 July 2008
Hillingdon March 2008 July 2008
Brent February 2008 July 2008
Cheshire February 2008 June 2008
Ealing February 2008 May 2008
Merton February 2008 June 2008
Havering January 2008 May 2008
Harrow January 2008 May 2008
Richmond January 2008 May 2008
Manchester December 2007 July 2008
Lincolnshire December 2007 March 2008
Plymouth November 2007 April 2008
Torbay November 2007 April 2008
Bexley November 2007 March 2008
Bristol October 2007 January 2008
Waltham Forest October 2007 January 2008
Newham September 2007 February 2008
Birmingham September 2007 February 2008
Greenwich August 2007 February 2008

Utilities

Inspection reports

Star ratings