Although the IIP reviewing process has changed considerably since 2000, the assessment process continues to provide a platform against which we can benchmark ourselves and our performance. This is very important to us, as the intervening years since the millennium has seen much change and flux - both internally here at SCIPS and in the external environment. The commitment required to maintain and improve on our standards is based on a year on year culmination of small improvements we continually strive to make – and is a public mark of the commitment the organisation makes to our staff (and vice versa).