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Evidence that holds up when somebody asks for it

Mock inspections, audit cycles, policy suites and regulatory correspondence for services registered with CQC or Ofsted in England. Ongoing support or a single piece of work, always scoped as a fixed fee.

  • Former inspectors and operators
  • Written reports, not verbal impressions
  • Complete discretion and without judgement

Inspection is a sampling exercise

Nobody reads everything. An inspector picks a handful of care plans, follows a medication trail, talks to three staff and one relative, and forms a view. If the sample they choose happens to be your weakest, that view becomes your rating.

The way to survive that is not a frantic month of tidying. It is a routine that produces evidence continuously, so any sample an inspector could take says the same thing. Audits with dates on them. Actions with owners and closure notes. Supervision records that show a conversation actually happened.

We build that routine, then test it by inspecting you ourselves, honestly and in writing, before someone with enforcement powers does it for real.

Where we usually start

  • A full mock inspection against the current framework, scored and written up
  • An evidence library mapped to each key question
  • An audit calendar your manager can actually sustain
  • Policies rewritten to match your systems rather than a generic template
  • Support with notifications, factual accuracy comments and provider information returns

Already had the inspection?

If a draft report has landed and you disagree with it, the factual accuracy window is short and it is the only stage where wording can still change.

Send it to us the day it arrives. We will tell you plainly whether there is a case to make, and if there is, we will help you make it.

Urgent help with a report