title: Out for consultation.
abstract: Care standards The Scottish Government is reviewing and updating the National Care Standards, which set out what the public can expect from health and social care services and the standards these services are expected to deliver. Some of the proposals include that the standards are: 'grounded in human rights'; restructured with an overarching quality standard, a set of general quality standards that would apply to all health and social care services, and a suite of specific standards for particular aspects of care or need; and regulated by the Care Inspectorate and Healthcare Improvement Scotland and, where services are not covered by these organisations, the commissioner. Go to tinyurl.com/kms9qgh to read the relevant information and to respond online before September 17.