Inspection is the main way in which CSCI assesses the quality of the service provided to people. It is also the main tool that we use to raise standards in care services, to at least the level of the National Minimum Standards set by the Department of Health. After each CSCI inspection visit a report is written by the inspector detailing how well a service meets the National Minimum Standards. The service provider then has 28 days to give us their comments, and then the report is published on our website (with the exception of Children's Home and Adult Placement reports). Announced and unannounced inspections

4 point scale:

* 4 - Standard Exceeded (Commendable)
* 3 - Standard Met (No Shortfalls)
* 2 - Standard Almost Met (Minor Shortfalls)
* 1 - Standard Not Met (Major Shortfalls)
* Zero '0' or 'N/A' denotes that the standard was not assessed/was not applicable on this occasion.