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Care Home Bed Availability: Why an Empty Bed May Not Be Available for Admission
An empty bed may appear to represent an opportunity for a new admission. Before treating it as available capacity, a…
Digital Care Records in Adult Social Care: How Can Providers Check Their Quality?
Digital care records are now used across much of adult social care. The next challenge for providers is ensuring that…
Care Home Occupancy Rates: What Should Owners Measure?
Occupancy is an important measure of care home performance. On its own, it cannot explain why beds are empty or…
Adult Social Care Statistics England 2026: Key Findings for Care Providers
The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) published its Adult social care provider statistics, England: quarterly update to August…
Fulcrum x Care Surveys Packages
Turning Feedback into CQC Evidence: Why Fulcrum Has Partnered with Care Surveys When assessing the quality of a care service,…
How to Prepare for a CQC Reassessment Under Returning to Good
Preparing for CQC’s Returning to Good Approach For some adult social care providers, six or seven years may have passed…
CQC Returning to Good: What Adult Social Care Providers Need to Know
Understanding CQC’s Returning to Good Programme CQC is returning to eligible adult social care services with ageing Good ratings to…
When Should a Care Home Owner Bring In External Management Support?
External management support is often associated with care homes already in serious difficulty. In reality, waiting until a service reaches…
Care Home Owner vs Operator: Understanding the Difference
The organisation that owns a care home is not always the organisation responsible for running it. For some services, ownership…
How to Protect the Value of a Care Home Asset
The value of a care home cannot be understood purely through the building. Care homes are operational assets. Their long-term…