Consultancy · Mock Inspections
Know how you'll perform, before CQC arrive.
A full two-day mock inspection led by ex-CQC inspectors, scored against the Single Assessment Framework — with every finding loaded into a live Sentinel action plan.
What's included
- Two-day on-site inspection
- Full quality statement scoring
- Interviews with staff, service users and leadership
- Detailed written report within 5 working days
- Action plan pre-loaded into Sentinel
- 30-minute leadership debrief
Preparing for an inspection
Four things that decide how an inspection goes.
Preparation is rarely about effort on the day — it is about documentation, people and oversight being in order beforehand.
Step-by-step preparation
Work through preparation in a defined order, so nothing is left until the week of the visit.
Organised documentation
Records complete, current and findable — policies, care records, audits and training evidence.
Prepare your team
Staff understand their role, what they are accountable for, and how to describe it clearly.
Demonstrate quality
Show quality, safety and improvement with evidence rather than assertion.
Top Compliance Challenges
The gaps that come up most often.
The recurring compliance issues we see across care services — and the practical ways to close them.
Regulations
Requirements are known but not evidenced — the practice happens, yet nothing records that it happened.
Standards
Standards are set centrally but drift service by service, so quality depends on who is on shift.
Policies
Policies exist but are out of date, too long to read, or never linked to day-to-day practice.
Oversight
Audits are completed but findings are not tracked to closure, so the same gaps reappear.
What this gives you
Identify risks
See where evidence is thin before someone else does.
Avoid common pitfalls
The gaps that recur most often across care services.
Improve quality
Turn findings into actions with named owners and dates.
Stay inspection ready
Keep a current, retrievable evidence position.
Self-assessment tool
Inspection readiness checklist
Work through the areas an inspection typically examines and see where you stand. This is an indicative self-assessment — your answers are not saved, submitted or used as evidence, and it is not a regulator tool.
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Action plans, evidence, policies and training are tracked automatically in your Sentinel workspace — so nothing gets lost between visits and your team always knows what happens next.