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Co-Production in Governance and Quality Assurance

Co-production isn’t just about service design — it belongs in governance and quality assurance too. This blog explores how to embed lived experience at board and QA levels to improve...

Involving Families and Carers in Service Design

Families and carers bring lived insight that can transform services. This blog explores how to engage families meaningfully in service design, avoiding tokenism and building trust.

Principles of Co-Production: From Tokenism to T...

Too often, co-production in social care slips into tokenism. This blog unpacks the core principles of authentic co-production and how providers can embed them into daily practice, tenders, and inspections.

Why Co-Production Matters in Social Care

Co-production is more than consultation — it’s about genuine partnership with people supported, families, and communities. Learn why it matters, what commissioners and the CQC expect, and how to evidence...

Safeguarding in Social Care — A Complete 7-Part...

This 7-part blog series explores safeguarding in social care in depth, covering recognition of abuse, thresholds and referrals, MSP, multi-agency working, whistleblowing, and evidencing safeguarding in tenders and inspections.

Evidencing Safeguarding in Tenders & Inspections

Commissioners and inspectors don’t just want to know you “do safeguarding” — they want credible, detailed evidence. This blog shows how to evidence safeguarding in tenders and CQC inspections.