What council reports are available?
Our council inspection reports give the key findings from
inspections and suggest ways that councils can improve.
An inspection report might provide details of an inspection that
looked at how well a council provides services to:
- Older people
- People with learning disabilities
- People with mental health problems
- People with physical and sensory disabilities
An inspection report might provide details of an inspection that
looked at a council's performance across one to three different
themes. This new style of inspection report, that we have called
Independence, wellbeing and choice, was launched
in 2007 to fit with our new performance
assessment framework.
Children's services are now inspected by Ofsted.
These reports are not about individual care homes
and care services.
You can find reports for individual care services in the
care services directory on our main website.
Other reports about councils
We carry out some of our council inspections with other
organisations like the Healthcare Commission.
Find out how to get these different types of report
below.
Joint inspections of older people and people with physical and
sensory impairments
In 2007 we worked with the Healthcare Commission on inspections
of five councils and primary care trusts providing services for
older people and people with physical and sensory impairments.
Joint inspections of older people's services
In 2005 we worked with the Healthcare Commission and the Audit
Commission on inspections of ten councils providing services for
older people.
Find the reports below:
Inspections before April 2004
For reports of council inspections carried out before 2004
please go to the
Department of Health website.