Our values

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12th March 2025

Welcome to our new corporate plan for the next three years. This plan focuses on widening the impact and credibility of our reports, further strengthening confidence in our evidence base and advice, working with other scrutiny bodies to examine cross-cutting outcomes and driving improvement through targeted recommendations. We will continue to underpin this activity with improvements to internal governance and an increased focus on the wellbeing and development of our staff, whose mix of skills and experience are the cornerstone of our success.

Independent

We will always act independently and publish impartial and objective reports. Our professional advice will be informed and unbiased.

Accountable

We will be accountable for what we do and will justify our actions and reports by evidence.

Proportionate

We will ensure our scrutiny is proportionate and will only inspect what is necessary to achieve our statutory purpose.

Transparent

We will be open in what we do and give reasons for our decisions. We will publish our reports and restrict information only when the wider public interest clearly demands it.

User-focused

We will align our scrutiny to the needs of those for whom the service is provided and co‑operate with other scrutiny authorities. We will meet our responsibilities under the Public Services Reform (Scotland) Act 2010, by continuously improving our user focus, including obtaining the views of those with lived experience, in the design and operation of our functions. We will promote equality, respect for diversity and inclusion in everything we do. Within all our inspections and reviews, we will consider inequality and, where identified, make recommendations to improve experiences for service users and in support of the public sector equality duties.

HMICS Corporate plan 2025-28