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News, analysis and strategic recommendations to help you deliver the best quality of care for your residents and improve the commercials in your care home/s.

Strategic analysis and recommendations for the care home sector

We analyse the key challenges facing the care sector as we go into each new year, providing expert strategies for how to tackle them to succeed in the coming months. Our recommendations for the last two years remain as pertinent now as they were when we wrote them. Download them to access our expertise to strengthen your care home/s.

12 lessons we learnt in 2022 that will strengthen your care home in 2023

Recruitment and Occupancy: How to win the key battles for care homes

Planning for Commercial Success in your care home

Our Care Cocktails Gallery

Our Care Cocktails Gallery

It was great to celebrate the start of UK Care Week with our own Care Cocktails following the first day. We were delighted so many clients, trusted partners and respected associates could join us at The High Line Bar in The Genting Hotel, Resorts World, Birmingham....

Social care staff shortages: What do they tell us about the sector?

Social care staff shortages: What do they tell us about the sector?

Social care work is far from easy, with jobs that demand a high level of compassion, patience, empathy and dedication. However, for anyone who has experienced working within a good quality care environment, it’s clear how much of a positive impact attentive care can...

How did care homes perform in Q4 2022?

How did care homes perform in Q4 2022?

Tracking how care standards across the country have changed is a powerful tool for any care investor, director or provider. Having a clear overview of the rise and fall in care home ratings is a vital resource when it comes to assessing the competition and where the...

What were the top care investment trends from Quarter 4 2022?

What were the top care investment trends from Quarter 4 2022?

Our latest round-up for Quarter 4 of 2022 is here. Sit back and get up to speed with a digestible collection of the latest acquisitions, investment news and trends from the social care sector. Care investment round up The UK’s largest specialist care investor, Civitas...

Preparing your care home for spring

Preparing your care home for spring

With 2022 now behind us, we look ahead with optimism to a new year of the best quality resident care. The Easter period can be a busy time for care homes with many residents wanting to celebrate and spend time with their loved ones – and 2023 is sure to be no...

How can care homes protect their ratings?

How can care homes protect their ratings?

Getting a much sought-after rating from the Care Quality Commission (CQC) is a highlight for care home staff, managers and owners. It shows that their hard work and dedication has paid off and are now able to proudly show that they’re providing a great quality of care...

Making a difference to care homes

Making a difference to care homes

At Fulcrum, we don’t just go into care homes, we provide unique long-term solutions for care services and the strategies needed to implement them. That leaves our clients in the best position to reach their goals. We wouldn’t be able to deliver this manifesto without...

Could you be a Fulcrum consultant?

Could you be a Fulcrum consultant?

We’re proud of the amazing results we’ve been able to achieve with care homes across the UK, reaching higher CQC ratings and increasing their commercials. However, none of this would be possible without our outstanding team of social care consultants. We work with...

Giving confidence in care home commercials

Giving confidence in care home commercials

We undertake a broad spectrum of work, helping care homes wherever it is best needed. This can range from crisis management, to mentoring and coaching, to dementia support services. We believe in promoting the best quality care, as well as appreciate that care homes...

Fulcrum team away day at Whittlebury Park

Fulcrum team away day at Whittlebury Park

We work hard at Fulcrum but team spirit is key to our success, so it’s also important for us to let our hair down and enjoy one another’s company. The photos from the evening celebrations at our latest away day are testimony to the fun that we have at Fulcrum, so...

How to strengthen your care home in 2023

How to strengthen your care home in 2023

To help social care investors, owners, providers and managers improve care homes in 2023, we have launched our latest, free eBrochure — ‘12 lessons we learnt in 2022 that will strengthen your care home in 2023’. The 30-page guide reveals the most common issues our...

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