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Service explainer · 5 min read

A completed home-care visit is not the whole outcome

Visit duration and continuity become meaningful when they are connected to the person’s day. What should a service examine beyond a completed rota?

Published 9 Oct 2026October coverageOlder people receiving home care; England guidance context

Governance examination · 5 min read

After the safeguarding enquiry: what changed for the person?

Closing an enquiry is a procedural milestone. Evidence of safety must also explain the person’s wishes, the action taken and whether it helped.

Published 9 Oct 2026October coverageEngland adult social care; provider and local-authority roles distinguished

Four-nation evidence map · 5 min read

Dementia across four nations: the policy date is part of the story

A UK-wide dementia feature needs to identify which policy is being discussed, its publication stage and what evidence exists of delivery. A strategy title is not an outcome.

Published 9 Oct 2026October coverageEngland, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland; selected policy sources

Evidence examination · 4 min read

Supported living: what changes after the move?

A community address cannot demonstrate choice by itself. Published CQC evidence gives a starting point for examining what everyday control looks like.

Published 9 Oct 2026October coverageEngland; autistic people and people with a learning disability

Earlier evidence · separate from the reviewed collection

The features behind the follow-ups.

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CQC Well-led in 2026: what is live, what is changing and a practical leadership roadmapEarlier review · 2026-09-01The up-to-£13.3m adult social care learning package for 2026/27: access, retention, skills impact and defensible ROIEarlier review · 2026-09-01Boiler Upgrade Scheme: what Care Circle’s 1,096-location screen can – and cannot – showEarlier review · 2026-09-01Sector briefing issue 1: three evidence-backed demand signals in adult social careEarlier review · 2026-08-27Five months to go: the last analogue risk in careEarlier review · 2026-09-01One connection is not resilience: why connectivity is now care infrastructureEarlier review · 2026-08-27Your supplier is part of your attack surfaceEarlier review · 2026-09-01Beyond DSPT: can you prove your cyber controls actually work?Earlier review · 2026-08-27The liability shift: as care workers take on more clinical responsibility, has provider risk kept up?Earlier review · 2026-08-27Violence at work is not part of the jobEarlier review · 2026-08-27The rating age gap: when ‘Good’ no longer means ‘recently assessed’Earlier review · 2026-08-27Care worker safety, lone working and incident managementEarlier review · 2026-09-01
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