Articles

Integrated Domiciliary Care Pathways: Working Alongside NHS and Community Teams

Integrated domiciliary care pathways define how homecare providers coordinate with NHS and local authority partners while keeping day-to-day delivery safe and clear. This article explains how services share information lawfully,...

Personalised Domiciliary Care Pathways: Embedding Choice and Control

Personalised domiciliary care pathways ensure support adapts to individual needs, preferences and risk profiles rather than following a fixed template. This article explains how UK providers embed choice and control...

Preventative Domiciliary Care Pathways: Reducing Crisis and Escalation

Preventative domiciliary care focuses on early intervention, stability and risk reduction before needs escalate into crisis. This article explains how UK homecare providers design preventative pathways, evidence impact day to...

Integrated Domiciliary Care Pathways: Working Alongside Community Health Teams

Integrated pathways help domiciliary care providers coordinate effectively with community nursing, therapy and primary care to reduce duplication and risk. This article explains how services design practical coordination processes, manage...

Designing Escalation and Exit Pathways in Domiciliary Care

Escalation and exit pathways protect people and providers when needs change quickly, risk increases, or a package becomes unsafe. This article explains how homecare services define thresholds, make defensible decisions,...

Short-Term and Long-Term Domiciliary Care Pathways: Designing Safe Transitions

Short-term and long-term domiciliary care pathways serve different purposes and require different governance controls. This article explains how providers design, deliver and evidence both models while managing risk, continuity and...

Designing Preventative Domiciliary Care Pathways to Reduce Escalation

Preventative domiciliary care focuses on early intervention, stability and resilience rather than crisis response. This article explains how homecare providers design preventative pathways that reduce escalation, support independence and evidence...

Building an Outcomes-Based Homecare Service Model That Commissioners Trust

Outcomes-based homecare only works when outcomes are translated into daily routines, recording standards and governance controls. This article explains how providers define measurable outcomes, align visit activity to risk and...

Designing Safe Escalation and Exit Pathways in Domiciliary Care

Escalation and exit pathways protect people, staff and commissioners when needs change, risk increases or support breaks down. This article explains how homecare providers design clear triggers, decision routes and...

Designing Escalation and Exit Pathways in Domiciliary Care Services

Clear escalation and exit pathways help domiciliary care services respond to change safely and confidently. This article explains how to design both.

Preventative Domiciliary Care Pathways: Reducing Crisis and Avoidable Escalation

Preventative domiciliary care focuses on early intervention, stability and resilience. This article explores how homecare pathways can reduce crisis and escalation.

Personalised Domiciliary Care Pathways: Embedding Choice, Control and Flexibility

Personalised domiciliary care pathways put people in control of how support is delivered. This article explores how providers can embed choice and flexibility in homecare models.

Short-Term vs Long-Term Domiciliary Care Pathways: Designing the Right Model

Short-term and long-term domiciliary care pathways serve different purposes. This article explains how providers can design, deliver and evidence both models effectively.

Integrated Domiciliary Care Pathways: Working Alongside Community Health Services

Integrated domiciliary care pathways improve continuity and reduce duplication. This article explains how homecare providers can work effectively alongside community health teams.

Outcome-Focused Domiciliary Care Pathways: Moving Beyond Time-and-Task Models

Outcome-focused domiciliary care pathways shift the emphasis from minutes delivered to meaningful impact. This article explores how providers can design and evidence outcomes-based homecare.

Reablement and Domiciliary Care: Building Effective Step-Down Pathways at Home

Reablement-led homecare pathways play a crucial role in recovery and independence. This article explains how domiciliary care providers can support effective step-down from reablement services.

Prevention-First Domiciliary Care: Designing Pathways That Reduce Long-Term Dependency

Prevention-focused domiciliary care models help people stay independent for longer while reducing system pressure. This article explores how prevention pathways work in practice and how providers should evidence them.

Designing Clear Care Pathways in Domiciliary Care Services

Clear care pathways help domiciliary care providers deliver consistent, preventative and person-centred support. This article explains how pathways work and how to evidence them in commissioning bids.

Traditional vs Outcomes-Based Domiciliary Care: Choosing the Right Service Model

Time-and-task homecare models are increasingly challenged by outcomes-based approaches. This article explores the strengths, risks and commissioning implications of each — and how providers can evidence value in tenders.

Winter 2025/26: How Home Care Providers Can Strengthen Hospital Discharge Capacity

This winter, health and social care systems face mounting discharge delays. Learn how home care and domiciliary providers can build rapid-response capacity, evidence continuity, and position themselves as key partners...

How to Win a Home Care Tender Without a Perfect CQC Rating

You don’t need an “Outstanding” (or even a brand-new report) to win a domiciliary care tender. You need risk-aware reassurance, a clear improvement plan, and evidence that people receive safe,...

How to Write a Clear Service Model for a Home Care Tender

A winning domiciliary care bid spells out exactly how support is delivered day‑to‑day. Here’s how to define your service model so commissioners can see safety, continuity and outcomes at a...

How to Align Your Domiciliary Care Tender Submissions with Commissioning Priorities

Commissioners want to see evidence that your domiciliary care service understands and aligns with their local priorities. This blog sets out practical steps to help you strengthen your tender submissions...