Specialist consultancy for ASC mental health providers

Comprehensive risks and needs assessments, outcome-led person centred care planning, inspection-ready care notes

The most common failure I saw as an inspector — and the reason services drain money, burn staff out and firefight the same incident four times — is inadequate assessment, care planning and documenting. We build robust pre-admission assessments, decision-specific risk assessments, mental health relapse, prevention and crisis plans, positive behaviour support plans, clear escalation pathways, and daily records that evidence delivery and outcomes. And no, not the AI-generated ones.

Meds management, reviews & compliance with treatment

Psychotropic prescribing and PRN patterns, STOMP alignment, medication reviews, and non-compliance risk assessment and care planning where treatment refusal is part of the presentation rather than an exception to it.

Trauma & neurodiversity informed care

Including institutional trauma leading to non-engagement — the presentations most often recorded as “refused” and left there. Care strategies that respect complex needs and remain legally defensible.

Root-cause analysis & sustainable improvement

Identifying why recurring quality, operational or compliance problems continue, and supporting changes that can actually be maintained after we leave.

Leadership & governance support

Work with registered managers and senior leadership to strengthen accountability, governance and quality oversight, and to translate complex practice into clear regulatory evidence.

Turnaround & improvement support

Expert audits with comprehensive action plans and root-cause analysis for underperforming services — after a Requires Improvement finding, or after an incident, to demonstrate the learning and improvement CQC requires under Well-led.