Joint Reviews and reports

HIW works closely with other regulators and inspectorates in Wales, and also with other inspectorates across the UK.

During the course of our assurance work in Wales, we work closely with Care Inspectorate Wales (CIW), Estyn and Audit Wales. The Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015 and Local Government (Wales) Act 2015 supports joint working between the inspection and audit bodies in Wales.

Joint review of child protection arrangements in Wales - interim findings

Care Inspectorate Wales is leading on the joint review with contributions from Healthcare Inspectorate Wales (HIW) and Estyn.

22 June 2023
Joint Inspectorate Review of Child Protection Arrangements (JICPA): Denbighshire 2023

Our findings of the effectiveness of partnership working and the work of individual agencies in Denbighshire.

17 May 2023
National review of the use of Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) in Wales 2021 - 2022

Key findings and recommendations of our joint review with Care Inspectorate Wales (CIW).

Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) annual monitoring report 2020-21

Read on to learn about the key findings from our latest annual Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) report, produced jointly with Care Inspectorate Wales (CIW)

22 March 2022
An overview of Quality Governance Arrangements at Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board: A Summary of progress made against recommendations

Our joint report provides a progress update against the original 14 recommendations made in our 2019 joint report.

Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) annual monitoring report 2019-20

Read the key findings of the annual Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) report, produced jointly with Care Inspectorate Wales (CIW)

24 March 2021
Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards – Annual Monitoring Report for Health and Social Care 2018-19

This is the tenth joint annual monitoring with Care Inspectorate Wales.

Joint Review of Quality Governance Arrangements at Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board

A joint review of quality governance arrangements at Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board with Audit Wales.

Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards – Annual Monitoring Report for Health and Social Care 2017-18

A joint report between ourselves and Care Inspectorate Wales

2 May 2019
HIW and CIW publishes Joint Thematic Review of Community Mental Health Teams

Healthcare Inspectorate Wales (HIW) and Care Inspectorate Wales (CIW) today publish their Joint Thematic Review of Community Mental Health Teams and have made 23 recommendations for improvement