“Outstanding-Ready” Self-Assessment

Go Beyond Compliance. Discover What Sets You Apart.

Being rated 🟢 Good is a strong foundation, but ⭐ Outstanding requires more than meeting expectations. It takes consistency, clarity, culture, and confident evidence across every domain.

This structured self-assessment helps you step into the inspector’s shoes, evaluate your service honestly, and identify what it will take to move from good to exceptional

What You'll Be Able to Do:

  •  Evaluate your service across the 5 CQC quality categories:
    1: Safe   2: Effective   3: Caring   4: Responsive   5: Well-Led
  •  Identify areas of  Outstanding potential using language inspectors recognise
  •  Spot culture, leadership, or confidence gaps that weaken your evidence
  •  Build a roadmap to  Outstanding, aligned with the Single Assessment Framework (SAF) and NHS improvement principles

CulturalSafetyView Diagnostic™

-to assess culture and safety perception

InsightCareBoard™

– to align senior leaders around key goals

FocusPath Framework™

– to set measurable, inspection-aligned targets

This isn’t about ticking boxes, it’s about showcasing what makes your service exceptional in a way that’s visible, credible, and CQC-ready.