16 Sep 25

How to Prepare for Your CQC Inspection Without the Stress

CQC inspections are a fact of life for health and social care providers across England. While receiving notification of an upcoming inspection can feel daunting, proper preparation makes the process much more manageable. The reality is that CQC inspectors want to see evidence of good care and safe practices. Most…

12 Sep 25

Funding vs. Values: Can Social Care Providers Afford to Care?

Every provider faces the same dilemma: bid low enough to win contracts, or price realistically and risk losing work to competitors who promise the impossible. It’s a choice that shouldn’t exist, but it defines modern social care commissioning. Providers enter social care to make a difference, to support vulnerable people…

08 Sep 25

What Happens After You Win? The reality of delivering Health and Social care contracts

Winning a health and social care contract feels like crossing the finish line. The months of tender preparation, proposal writing and evaluation periods are finally over but here’s what nobody tells you during the tendering process. Drawing on years of witnessing these mobilisation challenges firsthand, we’ve developed comprehensive post-award delivery…

05 Sep 25

Most Common Myths About Supported Living Services

What Most People Get Wrong Many people don’t understand what supported living really means. This leads to wrong decisions about care, wasted money, and missed chances to help people live better lives. Supported living helps people with disabilities live in their own homes with the right support but myths and…

01 Sep 25

Preparing for the Interview That Wins Health and Social Care Contracts

Receiving notification that your tender has been shortlisted for a major NHS or local authority contract brings immediate satisfaction. The weeks invested in preparing your written submission have secured you a place in the final evaluation stage. However, many health and social care providers underestimate the critical importance of the…

25 Aug 25

The Private Operators Licence: Essential Transport Licensing for Health and Social Care Contracts

The disappointment of discovering you need a Private Operators Licence halfway through preparing a major tender submission is becoming increasingly common. Health and social care providers are finding that transport requirements now feature in over 60% of NHS and local authority contracts, yet many organisations remain unaware of the licensing…

18 Aug 25

Are You Ready to Bid? The Essential Checklist for Health and Social Care Providers

Are You Ready to Bid? The Essential Checklist for Health and Social Care Providers The excitement of discovering the perfect NHS contract or local authority framework can be intoxicating. The potential revenue, service expansion opportunities, and chance to make a genuine difference seem within reach through one successful tender submission.…

11 Aug 25

PAMMS Ratings: The Hidden Score That’s Shaping Your NHS Contract Success

PAMMS Ratings: The Hidden Score That’s Shaping Your NHS Contract Success While health and social care providers across the UK focus intensively on CQC ratings and service quality metrics, there’s another scoring system quietly influencing their contract opportunities – one that many don’t even know exists. PAMMS (Procurement Analytics and…

04 Aug 25

These avoidable tender mistakes are costing you contracts

These avoidable tender mistakes are costing you contracts With NHS commissioning budgets tighter than ever and local authorities increasingly selective about their care partnerships, even experienced health and social care providers are finding themselves unsuccessful in tender processes they should be winning. Recent contract award notices reveal a concerning pattern.…

28 Jul 25

Bidding Compliance: Why Good Care Providers Keep Losing Contracts

Bidding Compliance: Why Good Care Providers Keep Losing Contracts Too many excellent health and social care organisations lose contracts they should easily win. Not because their care isn’t good enough or because their prices are too high but because they make simple compliance mistakes that get their bids thrown out…

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