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Keep up to date with the latest news from the Mental Welfare Commission.

Find out about our most recent investigations, reports on hospital visits and the latest advice on mental health and adults with incapacity law.

For media enquiries about any of the issues we work on, please contact our communications team at mwc.communications@nhs.scot.

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Our news section dates from January 2016.

3 Mar, 2026

National Overview Report published following joint visits/inspections of all four children and young people's inpatient mental health units in Scotland

26 Feb, 2026

Joint Unannounced Visit/Safe Delivery of Care Inspection Report: Dudhope Young People's Inpatient Unit

19 Feb, 2026

Joint Unannounced Visit/Safe Delivery of Care Inspection Report: Skye House, Stobhill Hospital, Glasgow

17 Feb, 2026

Commission publishes new local visit reports - February 2026

29 Jan, 2026

Joint Unannounced Visit/Safe Delivery of Care Inspection Report: Glasgow Royal Hospital for Children, National Child Psychiatry Inpatient Unit

21 Jan, 2026

Commission publishes new local visit reports - January 2026

17 Dec, 2025

Commission publishes new local visit reports - December 2025

4 Dec, 2025

Seventy-one admissions of young people to adult wards in 2024-25

19 Nov, 2025

Commission publishes new local visit reports - November 2025