Every year, the Care Inspectorate asks services to complete an annual return

Care providers have been reminded that they must provide essential information in the coming weeks.

Every year, the Care Inspectorate asks services to complete an annual return – a process which provides information that helps it plan, inform and carry out our inspections.

The process is now open online and will close on 14 February.

A Care Inspectorate spokesperson said: “All services registered before 1 October 2019 must complete an annual return. If your service registered on or after 1 October 2019, you should still try to complete an annual return this year. Although it’s not mandatory, we will still be able to use any information supplied. The information you put in will automatically appear in the next annual return and you will then only need to enter any information that has changed.”

The organisation’s website has important information about the annual returns and answers to frequently asked questions. If an answer to a question can’t be found there, services can call the Care Inspectorate’s contact centre on 0345 600 9527.

Please note that even if a service is inactive, it must submit an annual return.

Services can log into their Care Inspectorate eForms account from any computer connected to the internet. If they need help accessing their annual return, they can call the Care Inspectorate’s contact centre on 0345 600 9527.