Built from the manager’s side of the desk.
We started Care Consults after too many conversations with good providers who’d been sold binders of generic policies, vague advice and fear. Registration applications bounced. Inspections went badly for fixable reasons. Nobody explained anything in plain English.
So we built the firm we wished we’d had: specialists who focus only on CQC and social care, who put their findings in writing, who tell you the uncomfortable thing early — and who stay until the change is embedded, not just documented.
Today we support providers across England — from first‑time registrants to multi‑site groups — through registration, inspection, growth and the occasional crisis. The advice is still honest. The English is still plain.
What we hold ourselves to.
Honest first
You get the finding we’d want to hear ourselves — early, in writing, even when it’s uncomfortable.
Practical always
Every recommendation comes with who does it, by when, and what good looks like.
Specialist depth
CQC and social care only. No generalist consulting, no adjacent industries, no dabbling.
In it long term
We measure success in embedded change and lasting relationships, not billable hours.
200+
providers supported across England
96%
of registrations approved first time
14 yrs
average consultant experience in care
9 in 10
clients still with us after year one