Domiciliary care
CQC registration, compliance and inspection support available.
Service guidance
Review personal-care scope, visit reliability, care planning, medicines support and workforce oversight.
Provider support
Social Care CQC registration, compliance & inspection support
Registration, governance and inspection-readiness support for adult social care providers.
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Social Care services we support
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Live-in care
CQC registration, compliance and inspection support available.
Service guidance
Clarify personal-care scope, continuous staffing arrangements, handovers, contingency cover and oversight in the person’s home.
Official CQC guidance: CQC regulated activity: Personal care →
Detailed CQC support for this service is covered under Domiciliary care where the stated service model and regulated activities apply.
Supported living
CQC registration, compliance and inspection support available.
Service guidance
Separate housing from regulated personal care and review choice, staffing, safeguarding and provider responsibilities.
Residential and dementia care homes
CQC registration, compliance and inspection support available.
Service guidance
Review admission suitability, dementia-friendly care, medicines, safeguarding, staffing and governance.
Nursing homes
CQC registration, compliance and inspection support available.
Service guidance
Review clinical leadership, nursing competence, medicines, complex care, deterioration and multidisciplinary oversight.
Specialist residential care
CQC registration, compliance and inspection support available.
Service guidance
Map the specialist needs supported, staffing competence, behavioural or clinical risks and governance arrangements.
Official CQC guidance: CQC regulated activity: Accommodation with nursing or personal care →
Extra-care housing
CQC registration, compliance and inspection support available.
Service guidance
Separate housing and care responsibilities and review planned visits, emergency response and changing needs.
Official CQC guidance: CQC regulated activity: Personal care →
Detailed CQC support for this service is covered under Supported living where the stated service model and regulated activities apply.
Reablement
CQC registration, compliance and inspection support available.
Service guidance
Review short-term goals, multidisciplinary working, progress measures, independence outcomes and safe discharge or transition.
Official CQC guidance: CQC regulated activity: Personal care →
Hospice and palliative care
CQC registration, compliance and inspection support available.
Service guidance
Review consent, symptom control, medicines, advance-care planning, family support and continuity across settings.
Shared Lives
CQC registration, compliance and inspection support available.
Service guidance
Review personal-care scope, carer approval and oversight, safeguarding, matching, medicines and quality assurance.
Respite care services
CQC registration, compliance and inspection support available.
Service guidance
Review whether the service is delivered as residential, nursing or community care and align staffing, risk, medicines and continuity arrangements.
Official CQC guidance: Service types →
Official CQC guidance: CQC regulated activity: Accommodation with nursing or personal care →
Learning disability & autism residential care
CQC registration, compliance and inspection support available.
Service guidance
Review person-centred support, communication, safeguarding, restrictive practice, staffing competence and residential-care governance.
Don’t see your exact service type? We support a wider range of health and social care providers. CQC requirements depend on the regulated activities actually carried out, rather than the service name alone. Contact us for a scope review.
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Our work considers applicable regulations, regulated activities and Quality Statements across safe, effective, caring, responsive and well-led.
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- Compliance and governance
- Inspection preparation
- Mock Inspections and audits
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