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CQC & Ofsted registration services, Tender writing, Domiciliary care and Supported Living Providers.

29/10/2026

📢 Ofsted update: Supported accommodation inspections

Ofsted updated its inspection guidance on 28 October 2026. The key message for providers: inspection starts when it is announced—not when inspectors arrive on site.

Although inspectors will not arrive until two working days after the announcement, evidence gathering begins during the notice period.

What should providers prioritise?

✅ Monitor Ofsted calls and emails.
✅ Have an alternative contact if the registered service manager is unavailable.
✅ Keep information needed for Annex A/A1 accurate and accessible.
✅ Be ready to share inspection information with children in an accessible way.
✅ Ensure staff and hosts understand that inspection activity can begin before the visit.

The focus remains children’s experiences, progress and the difference your support makes—not simply paperwork.

Make inspection readiness part of everyday practice, not a last-minute exercise.

Health and Social Care Providers Network
Care Quality Support
Mathe Shepherd Wilson
Godfrey Mushandu
Jan Paul
KaSekhona Mlalazi

Further reading material:
[1] Social care common inspection framework (SCCIF) https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/social-care-common-inspection-framework-sccif-supported-accommodation/social-care-common-inspection-framework-sccif-supported-accommodation-for-looked-after-children-and-care-leavers-aged-16-and-17
[2] Supported accommodation: Annex A inspection forms - GOV.UK https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/supported-accommodation-annex-a-inspection-forms

19/08/2026

A client pays you £5,500 for a project.

The work takes you 5 days ... because you spent 10 years building the system that makes it take 5 days.

They love the result.
It solves the problem.
Then they ask how long it took.

Do you tell them?

19/08/2026

If CQC contacted you this week, would your service be ready to demonstrate how it is safe, well-led and continually improving?*

Not whether you have policies.
Not whether you have “a folder somewhere”.
But whether your evidence tells a clear, consistent story about the quality of care people receive.

Too many Registered Managers are waiting for clarity about future CQC changes before taking action. But inspections and assessments are not on pause — and neither are the risks created by weak oversight, inconsistent staffing evidence or learning that is not properly embedded.

That is why Care Quality Support and Ultra Healthcare Solutions is launching the Inspection Evidence Accelerator.

A free, four-week practical programme created for Registered Managers who want to stop second-guessing their inspection position and start strengthening it.

Each week, we will focus on one essential question:

💙 Can you show that your governance identifies problems early and drives improvement?
💙 Can you evidence that your staffing arrangements are safe, skilled and effectively monitored?
💙 Can you demonstrate that incidents, feedback and concerns lead to meaningful learning?

You will not be asked to complete generic checklists or create paperwork for the sake of it.

Instead, the Inspection Evidence Accelerator will help you review the evidence already sitting within your service — audits, supervisions, training records, incident reviews, complaints, meeting minutes, action plans and quality assurance systems — and identify whether it genuinely demonstrates effective leadership and safe care.

Over four weeks, you will receive:

- Focused live teaching sessions
- Practical evidence-review workbooks
- Clear guides to Regulations 17 and 18
- Inspection-style prompts and scenario exercises
- Templates and flowcharts to support action
- Straightforward improvement pathways for the gaps you identify

The goal is not perfection. It is to ensure that, when questions are asked, you can confidently explain:

This is how we know. This is what we found. This is what we did. This is how we know it made a difference.

If your service would benefit from dedicated time, expert structure and practical tools to tighten its inspection evidence, do not wait for the next CQC announcement to make a start.

The next Inspection Evidence Accelerator is now open for registration.:

💙 Join Care Quality Support now. Send your interest via email to:[email protected]. or just comment: "Join" below and we register you.

19/08/2026

Did you know?

Around 683,000 people in England receive long-term adult social care support funded or arranged by local authorities, including approximately 490,000 people supported in the community through services such as domiciliary care and supported living.

With an ageing population, increasing complexity of need and continued emphasis on supporting people to live independently at home, the demand for high-quality community-based care is set to remain significant.

For providers, this represents real opportunity — but sustainable growth depends on strong governance, safe recruitment, robust care planning, workforce development and consistently excellent outcomes for people receiving support.

Is your service ready to meet the demand?

17/08/2026

As we push to register and grow our health and social care businesses, I want to keep on reminding you all that the best services are those that plan and prepare in advance rather than being reactive to CQC or Local Authority requirements. Please review your governance, quality assurance, record keeping and documentation. I am always seeing that a lot of providers deliver safe services, however they lack documentary evidence to back up what they do best. Providers have too many systems that are doing exactly the same functions, documents are saved on ONE DRIVE, some of GOOGLE DRIVE, some on DROP BOX, some on the hard drive of the computer. This creates calamity when it comes to auditing and evaluation. Come and let us support you to achieve outstanding rating. DO NOT PANIC ON THE DAY ON INSPECTION.

Health and Social Care Providers Network
Care Quality Support and Ultra Healthcare Solutions
fans

11/08/2026

Good day. We note that there are a lot of providers advertising for vacancies, and a lot of staff looking for work. However, there seems to be a bottleneck somewhere.
The providers are noting that they start the recruitment process, only for the staff to turn down the offer when the process is 3/4 of the recruitment. Similarly, some staff are raising concerns that when they apply, employers sometime do not even bother to respond with an update.
What could be the issues here?
Who is delaying who?
fans Health and Social Care Providers Network Care Quality Support and Ultra Healthcare Solutions

27/07/2026

Tender writing training. Are your ready?

30/06/2026

Health and Social Care Tender writing services
Wilson Mathe Godfrey Mushandu Care Quality Support and Ultra Healthcare Solutions

30/06/2026

Wolverhampton's adult social care services have been rated "good" by the CQC past this week. Good news for the council — but if you're a care provider, look past the headline.
The real value is in what inspectors criticised: inconsistent service, communication problems, and limited access to respite and good-quality care.
That's the CQC telling the local market where the gaps are. For providers, that's not bad news — it's a signpost to where demand and commissioning attention are heading next. Respite. Consistency. Support for unpaid carers.
The carers point stood out to me. There was praise for the carers team, but families still struggle to get respite and clear communication. That's the gap between what the law promises carers and what they actually get — and it's the same story right across the country.
If you're a provider, the question is simple: can you evidence that you do these things well? Because that's what will set you apart.

29/04/2026

How to grow domiciliary Care or supported Living business in UK.

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