|- | Commission for Social Care Inspection

33 Greycoat Street, London, SW1P 2QF, United Kingdom

Tel: (+44)845 015 0120

enquiries@csci.gsi.gov.uk'' |} The Commission for Social Care Inspection is the single, independent inspectorate for social care in England. It incorporates the work formerly done by the Social Services Inspectorate (SSI), the SSI/Audit Commission Joint Review Team and the National Care Standards Commission (NCSC).

Introduction

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The Commission has a much wider remit than its predecessors. It brings together the inspection, regulation and review of all social care services into one organisation. It was created by the Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003 and became fully operational on 1 April2004. The Commission receives grant in aid from the Department of Health and also raises part of its running costs by charging regulatory fees. The fees are set out in The Commission for Social Care Inspection (Fees and Frequency of Inspections) Regulations 2004.

In order to carry out its national role, CSCI:

• Draws together all the information it has about the state of social care services nationally.
• Uses the information to inform policy makers of the impact of national and local policies on people who use social care.
• Reports annually to parliament on the state of social care in England, how resources are being used and how the reform of social care is progressing.
• Carries out research and studies into social care
• Comments on social care research by other organisations

References

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Commission for Social Care Inspection Homepage

Commission for Social Care Inspection (CSCI). Department of Health, 2005

Public bodies and task forces of the United Kingdom government