National Preventive Mechanism Tenth Annual Report 2018–19 The role of the Scottish NPM assistant coordinator is an important step toward greater capacity for the NPM. The role will support and link up the work of the different Scottish members of the NPM on common themes which are relevant across different types of detention. The Scottish assistant coordinator will also: develop opportunities to influence relevant policy and legislation in Scotland; support the NPM’s engagement with the Scottish Parliament; broaden the NPM’s approach to the prevention of ill-treatment in Scotland; and improve awareness of the requirements of OPCAT among Scottish stakeholders. Wider engagement and visibility The NPM continues to work with other stakeholders on matters that relate to the NPM’s work. In July 2018, the Secretariat met with the Independent Advisory Panel on Deaths in Custody (IAP) and Ministerial Board on Deaths in Custody to discuss areas of common interest, such as data on deaths in custody following from the NPM’s detention data mapping project. In October 2018, the MoJ organised an ‘NPM awareness-raising event’. The event aimed to bring together NPM members, their government sponsors and relevant policy leads from across the UK to raise awareness of OPCAT and the work of NPM members. Those present discussed the role of the NPM and future opportunities for joint working between NPM members and their government sponsor bodies. 38 Member-specific developments Throughout 2018–19 NPM members engaged in work relevant to their NPM role. A number of members, such as CI and HMIPS, produced revised standards for inspections that embedded human rights into their processes. ICVA launched a brand new methodology in the year and HMI Prisons further developed its methodology. Across the NPM, members also produced a wealth of new evidence and recommendations on the state of detention in the UK, from visit reports to thematic analyses on certain issues in places of detention. In 2018–19 the Care Inspectorate (CI) began to develop a new methodology for inspecting care services, which incorporated the Scottish Government’s 2017 human rights-based health and social care standards. The CI also published a new Quality Framework for Care Homes for Older People in 2018, setting out what the CI expects to see in care homes during inspections to help services evaluate their own performance. Inspections based on the new framework started at the end of July 2018, and the CI has since commenced work to develop its quality frameworks for other settings it monitors, such as for adult care home services, care homes for children and young people and for children and young people in secure care. To help independent service providers and local authorities meet the needs of young people, CI published guidance on the admission of young people into residential establishments, including secure children’s homes. CI and Education Scotland also produced joint guidance on physical