Health & social care consultancy
Starting a care service? We help you get it right.
We help plan your service, prepare registration and put the documents, people and systems in place for opening. Practical support, with one point of contact.
For first-time providers
You do not need to know every step before you speak to us.
We start with the people you want to support and the kind of service you have in mind. Then we explain the route and agree the work we will handle.
Choose the right service model
Define the care or support, location, funding and registration requirements before committing to the build.
Prepare the application and evidence
Develop your business plan, service documents, policies and application around the service you intend to run.
Get ready to open
Work through staffing, premises, assessments, referrals and the checks needed before accepting people into the service.
Find the support you need
Where are you starting?
A new care business
Help choosing the service model, preparing registration and planning the opening.
- Adult care and supported living
- Children’s, family and early-years services
- Healthcare and related services
An existing service
Practical help with the work and problems that come with running a provider.
- Referrals, staffing and costings
- Safeguarding and commissioner concerns
- Tenders and service expansion
An inspection or monitoring visit
Review your practice, records and outstanding actions before a visit.
- Regulator inspection preparation
- Local-authority quality monitoring
- Mock inspections and improvement plans
The work we take on
Support that includes preparing the work.
Your proposal lists the documents and practical support included, with the fee, responsibilities and dates.
Service and business plans
The people you will support, how the service will run, staffing assumptions and operating costs.
Applications and supporting documents
Your statement of purpose, policies, evidence records and preparation for registration interviews.
Working systems
Assessment, referral, staffing and governance documents your team will use when the service opens.
Help after registration
Referrals, costings, inspections, tenders and provider issues, with the level of support agreed in advance.
Where we work
England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
The registration route depends on where the service operates as well as the care it provides. Each nation has its own regulators and requirements.
England
CQC and Ofsted, according to the service and activities.
Wales
CIW for social care and childcare; HIW for independent healthcare.
Scotland
Care Inspectorate for care services; HIS for independent healthcare.
Northern Ireland
RQIA for relevant care and healthcare; HSC Trust Early Years Teams for childcare.