Care home G was an independent care home in North Lanarkshire registered to care for up to eighty adult residents with mental health problems, associated disabilities and health issues. An LSI commenced for care home G following an escalation of multi-agency concerns.
This provides a snapshot of evidence about chronology improvement based on a quick review of ASP Joint Inspection Reports published between August 2024 and March 2025, plus an Overview Report from 2024. Key messages and examples of good practice are included, illustrating improvements seen in chronology practice, alongside priorities for future work.
The guidance aims to provide a framework that can be used across Scotland, with a view to improving the quality and efficacy of Large Scale Investigations (LSIs). The guidance also aims to achieve greater consistency across Scotland in how LSIs are commenced, conducted, concluded and reported on. The guidance supports using LSIs as a planned and structured intervention wherever possible, while recognising that LSIs will also need to be flexible and respond to changing circumstances.
This webinar explores the challenges professionals face when individuals are "out of sight" - and what more we can do to ensure they are not out of mind, or at risk of harm.
Drawing on recent Adult Support and Protection (ASP) Learning Reviews, the webinar examines situations where services struggled to engage meaningfully with individuals at risk. Through expert insights and real-world case reflections, the webinar asks: are we truly listening, adapting, and responding in ways that meet people where they are?
Sessions in the webinar:
This review relates to the care and protection arrangements for Adult O, age 81. Adult O lived alone and died from injuries caused by a house fire in the early hours of the morning on 22 February 2022, following a visit to the Emergency Department the day before.
Themes and learning points in this review include:
* joint working and clarity of roles/responsibilities
* self-neglect
* the right to protection versus the right to self-determination
* the role of housing.
This review was commissioned by the Highland Adult Protection Committee (APC) in August 2021. It relates to the care and protection arrangements for three brothers, Hugh, David and Roderick McCulloch.
Themes and learning points in this review include:
* the existence of a Power of Attorney in an ASP investigation
* financial harm
* participation of family members in an ASP investigation
* use of Large Scale Investigation to investigate a perpetrator in the community.
This is a community of practice for members, sub-group members, and associate members of CPC Scotland and APC Conveners Scotland; and the Social Work Scotland ASP sub-group. It aims to provide a space for members to connect with each other, to exchange knowledge and share best practice around learning review processes, research, policy, and learning.
Please note that this is a restricted group. There is an application process and your application must be approved before accessing content.
This report is a joint national overview of learning review activity. Data in this report is drawn from learning review notifications from 19 adult protection committees (APCs) and 15 child protection committees (CPCs).
During the reporting periods, fifteen learning review reports were submitted to the Care Inspectorate for children and young people and thirteen for adults.
This video presentation outlines the work of the Dying Homeless project, which aims to document and remember with love every person who dies while homeless in the UK. This presentation particularly focuses on harm and risk to people while homeless, spotlights promising practice, discusses the specific context in Scotland, and explores a 'whole-systems' approach as a potential way forward.
Slides for the session are also attached.
This is an ASPire webinar from August 2025. Its theme is sharing positive case studies and strength-based practice in Adult Support and Protection. It has sessions from Dundee HSCP (on strength-based practitioner reflection); South Ayrshire HSCP (on GIFRE - Getting It Right For Everyone); Stirling & Clacks HCSP (on hearing the family voice in Learning Reviews) and Iriss (on focusing on the good within ASP Joint Inspection Reports).
Slides for all sessions are also attached.
