Mock inspections and assessment readiness
Find the evidence gaps before CQC asks for them.
We review your service against the Single Assessment Framework quality statements, looking at evidence the way CQC is likely to look at it, then give you a prioritised report and action plan.
Structured around quality statements
The review can be full-service or focused on agreed risk areas such as Medicines, Care Records, Staffing, Safeguarding, Governance, Complaints or Infection Prevention.
Findings are written by quality statement where relevant, with the five key questions used as the organising structure.
On-site or remote
On-site reviews are useful where observation, records, staff confidence and environment all matter. Remote reviews can work well for document evidence, governance checks and preparation conversations.
The scope is agreed before work starts so the output is proportionate and useful.
Report and action plan
You receive a written Report that separates Strengths, Gaps, Priority Risks and practical next steps.
The Action Plan identifies Owners, Dates and the Evidence needed to show that change has been made.
How we structure evidence
The five key questions stay visible.
We use Safe, Effective, Caring, Responsive and Well-led as the recurring structure so actions and evidence do not drift away from what matters in adult social care.
Mock Inspections by Service Type
Built Around Your Service Type.
A domiciliary agency and a nursing home do not fail inspections in the same places, so the day is planned around the risks of your model of care. Whichever service you run, the inspection is led by a former CQC Registered Manager, follows the current quality statements, and ends with the same evidence-linked Report and Action Plan described above. Both are quoted for your service, after a short call about its size, type and what you want the review to cover.
Care at Home
Domiciliary Care
Missed and Late Calls, rostering that survives real travel times, MAR records completed in people's own homes, Lone Working arrangements and spot checks — and whether the office records match what actually happens in the field. We sample care records end to end, from referral through review.
On-Site Day or Remote Review · quoted
Residential and Nursing
Care Homes
The building is examined as closely as the care. We walk the Environment: Fire Safety and PEEPs, Infection Prevention and Control, Medication Storage including controlled drugs, Nutrition and the mealtime experience, dependency-led Staffing Deployment, and the governance loop that turns audit findings into completed actions.
On-Site Day or Remote Review · quoted
LD, Autism and Mental Health
Supported Living
The boundary that decides these services: Housing kept demonstrably separate from Care, tenancy and care agreements that do not contradict each other, Positive Behaviour Support plans and restraint-reduction records, and evidence organised against Right Support, Right Care, Right Culture.
On-Site Day or Remote Review · quoted
Housing with Care
Extra Care Housing
A visiting service inside a housing scheme: call scheduling and response evidence, the line between Housing Management and personal care, Safeguarding arrangements that work across a shared site, and records showing people direct their own support in their own homes.
On-Site Day or Remote Review · quoted
Family-Based Care
Shared Lives
Carer Approval and review records, Matching decisions and arrangement agreements, monitoring visits to Shared Lives households, and how the scheme evidences oversight and safeguarding without turning a family home into an institution.
On-Site Day or Remote Review · quoted
Further Education with Care
Specialist Colleges
Where Education meets regulated care: consent and transition planning for young adults, term-time staffing patterns, Safeguarding that spans college and residential life, and health support plans that follow the student through the whole day.
On-Site Day or Remote Review · quoted
Detox and Rehabilitation
Residential Substance Misuse
Admission Risk Assessment, medically supported withdrawal records and Clinical Oversight, unplanned exit and re-engagement procedures, and the environment and observation checks specific to detoxification and rehabilitation settings.
On-Site Day or Remote Review · quoted
A mock inspection is an internal quality-assurance exercise. It is not a CQC inspection, does not produce an official rating, and no finding predicts or guarantees an inspection outcome — the judgement always rests with CQC. Any VAT or other tax that Haverton Care Limited is legally required to charge will be identified at checkout or on the relevant invoice.
What's included
- Assessment against the Single Assessment Framework quality statements, full-service or focused on agreed risk areas such as Medicines, Care Records, Staffing, Safeguarding, Governance, Complaints or Infection Prevention.
- Evidence review by Safe, Effective, Caring, Responsive and Well-led, on site or remote as agreed before work starts.
- Staff Confidence and Manager Preparation prompts where in scope.
- A written Report that separates Strengths, Gaps, Priority Risks and practical next steps.
- An Action Plan with Owners, Dates and the Evidence needed to show that change has been made.
- An optional Re-audit to check that the actions have closed.
Ready to talk?
Share your service type, where you are in the process and what needs attention first. We will scope the support before work starts.
Engagements are scoped and priced individually. Haverton Care Hub supports and strengthens services, but never guarantees CQC registration, inspection outcomes, ratings or compliance. Haverton Care Hub is an independent consultancy. We are not endorsed by, affiliated with, or acting on behalf of the Care Quality Commission.