Post-Inspection Action Planning for Care Providers
Whether you need to improve a rating or fix compliance gaps, our post-inspection action planning helps you recover and grow stronger.
Not every inspection goes to plan. Whether you’ve received a Requires Improvement, been flagged by CQC or Ofsted, or simply want to strengthen your service further, PolicyBase offers expert Post-Inspection Action Planning support.
We help you review your inspection report, understand the feedback, and build a practical, achievable plan to improve performance — one that meets regulatory expectations and restores confidence with staff, families, and commissioners.
What’s Included in This Service:
- Review of your inspection report and ratings
- Identification of key issues and improvement areas
- Mapping inspection outcomes to leadership and operational systems
- Clear written Action Plan template tailored to your report
- Priority timeline with assigned responsibilities
- Optional 1:1 support session to discuss report and next steps
- Advice on documentation, training, and supervision improvements
- Ongoing check-ins or progress monitoring if required
What the Action Plan Covers
- Regulation breaches or unmet standards
- Leadership and governance issues
- Staff training and knowledge gaps
- Safeguarding and risk management weaknesses
- Documentation, recording, and quality assurance gaps
- Policy and procedure alignment
- Feedback systems and service user voice
Don’t just react to your inspection — respond with purpose.
Let PolicyBase turn your inspection report into a clear plan for improvement and success.
Price: From £600 per action plan
CQC and Ofsted expect you to act promptly and clearly when you receive negative feedback. A well-written, realistic action plan is key to:
- Preventing further enforcement
- Showing commitment to improvement
- Securing support from local authorities and stakeholders
- Preparing for re-inspection or monitoring visits
Our approach is solution-focused — helping you move from disappointment to measurable progress.
- Care providers rated Requires Improvement or Inadequate
- Children’s homes with Ofsted compliance notices or concerns
- Providers flagged for warning or improvement notices
- Services preparing for re-inspection
- Homes seeking structured improvement following a mock inspection
- Full compliance audit to inform planning
- Policy Pack refresh based on inspection outcomes
- Staff training alignment via ProCare Hub
- Mock re-inspection to test readiness
- Ongoing monthly support and implementation tracking
FAQ – Post-Inspection Action Planning
Yes — if you’ve been rated Requires Improvement or lower, regulators expect to see clear actions and timeframes for addressing the issues raised.
We can do both. We’ll either co-develop the action plan with you or review and improve one you’ve already written.
Our plans are based on real inspection frameworks and tailored to your service, so they align with what inspectors look for in follow-up visits.
Yes — some providers use action planning proactively after mock inspections or as part of quality improvement.
Yes — we offer follow-up support and monitoring to help you stay on track with your plan and prepare confidently for re-inspection.
“PolicyBase helped us design a care model that was both compliant and financially viable.”
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