Clearer, faster, more consistent
CHC decisions.

Restoring trust in Continuing Healthcare — one checklist at a time. CHC+ Innovations™ uses AI to create a structured first-draft CHC checklist, aligned to the national framework, from your existing case documents. Less rework. More time with people.

Built with Outcomes Matter Consulting HGS UK Frontline practitioners
80%+
Reduction in
drafting time
From ~4 hours to ~30 minutes
Zero
Rejected
checklists in pilot
Down from 1 in 10 before CHC+ Innovations™
£270m
Estimated funding
gap for CHC
Better quality checklists help close the gap
9
Sector award
shortlists
MJ Awards, LGC Awards, HTN Awards & more
Recognised by
MJ Awards — Shortlisted LGC Awards — Shortlisted HTN Awards — Shortlisted 9 sector award shortlists in total
The challenge

CHC is one of the most complex, high-stakes processes in adult social care

The pressure on teams is real — and inconsistent checklists have consequences for the people waiting on decisions, and for the organisations making them.

Significant time burden

Manual CHC checklists routinely take four or more hours per case — pulling skilled staff away from direct work with people.

High rates of rework

Incomplete or poorly structured checklists are challenged or returned by ICBs — creating delays for individuals and wasted time for teams.

Consistency is hard to sustain

Without a shared standard, quality varies by worker and by workload — affecting individuals' access to the funding they are entitled to.

What CHC+ Innovations™ is

AI-assisted drafting. Professionals in control throughout.

CHC+ Innovations™ is not an off-the-shelf AI tool. It is a structured improvement model, built with practitioners, that uses AI to support — not replace — professional judgement.

What it does
  • Reads your existing case documents
  • Extracts evidence across all 12 CHC domains
  • Produces a structured, readable first draft
  • Saves more than 80% of drafting time
  • Applies a consistent quality standard, every time
What it doesn't do
  • Rate or score any domain
  • Make eligibility recommendations
  • Replace professional assessment
  • Remove accountability from your team
  • Retain or learn from personal data
Why we built it

Because skilled social workers should spend their time with people — not on repetitive paperwork that AI can structure reliably and consistently.

By defining what good looks like across every CHC domain, CHC+ Innovations™ creates a shared quality standard that reduces challenge and supports fairer, faster outcomes.

Thoughtful use of AI. Built with local authorities. Designed for real-world teams.

The process

Four steps. Thirty minutes. Your decision.

1

Upload your documents

Your existing case files — assessments, clinical notes, care plans

Your existing records
2

AI generates a draft

Evidence extracted and structured across all 12 CHC domains

Around 5–10 minutes
3

You review & edit

Read every domain, refine the evidence, add professional context

Your judgement throughout
4

You rate & submit

All ratings, decisions and accountability — yours entirely

All decisions are yours

The AI handles the structure. You make every call.

Who is behind CHC+ Innovations™

Built by people who understand adult social care. Not by a technology company.

CHC+ Innovations™ is an Outcomes Matter Consulting improvement model. We are a specialist consultancy founded by practitioners, working exclusively with local authorities and system partners across SEND, adult social care and continuing healthcare.

We designed the CHC+ Innovations™ specification, defined what good looks like across every domain, and built the implementation model. Our technology partner HGS UK provides the secure, UK-hosted platform. Between us, we bring sector expertise and technical rigour in equal measure.

Learn more about Outcomes Matter Consulting

Outcomes Matter Consulting

Specialist AI consultancy for local government. We lead the CHC+ Innovations™ model, specification and implementation — bringing direct experience of frontline adult social care.

HGS UK

Technology partner providing the secure, UK-hosted platform. Already trusted by the NHS and central government for infrastructure and digital delivery.

Co-designed with practitioners

CHC+ Innovations™ was built alongside social workers, CHC leads and service managers — not handed to them. Every element has been tested in real teams with real cases.

Who it supports

Built for local authorities. Better for ICBs too.

CHC+ Innovations™ improves outcomes across the whole system — from the social worker doing the assessment to the ICB reviewing the submission.

Give time back to practitioners

Drafting a CHC checklist manually takes over four hours. With CHC+ Innovations™, the same task takes around 30 minutes. That time goes back to direct work with people.

Improve your acceptance rate

Consistent, evidence-rich checklists mean fewer rejections and challenges from ICBs. In Ealing's pilot, the rejection rate dropped from one in ten to zero.

Support your workforce

Repetitive administrative burden contributes to staff stress and attrition. CHC+ Innovations™ reduces that burden and gives practitioners a consistent framework to work within.

Claim the funding individuals are entitled to

There is an estimated £270m gap in CHC funding nationally. Better quality, more defensible checklists mean eligible cases are more likely to be accepted — and funded — faster.

Receive better quality submissions

CHC+ Innovations™ applies a consistent quality standard across every domain. ICB reviewers receive structured, evidence-rich checklists — not incomplete submissions requiring challenge or return.

Reduce friction in joint working

Fewer rejections and fewer back-and-forth challenges means a smoother relationship between LA and ICB teams. Time is freed on both sides.

Support consistent, defensible decisions

When submissions are structured against a shared standard, eligibility decisions are easier to make and easier to defend. CHC+ Innovations™ creates a common quality foundation both sides can trust.

Faster pathways for the people waiting

When submission quality improves and the admin burden reduces, the whole process moves more quickly — which matters most for the individuals whose care funding is in the balance.

Proven impact

Real results. Real team. Real difference.

Ealing Council — Adult Social Care

From four hours to thirty minutes

Before CHC+ Innovations™, Ealing social workers spent upwards of four hours drafting each CHC checklist — and one in ten submissions was challenged or returned. The team co-designed CHC+ Innovations™ with us over a structured pilot, testing it on real cases with real practitioners. It is now being piloted across further local authorities, with consistent results.

  • 80%+ time saved Checklists that took four or more hours now take around 30 minutes.
  • Zero rejected checklists Rejection rates fell from one in ten to zero across the pilot period.
  • Annual CHC target exceeded Ealing accepted 9 CHC cases during the pilot — exceeding their target for the year.
"

She submitted a manual checklist and the feedback from the ICB was condescending. The same case was completed with CHC+ Innovations™ and... nothing came back. Accepted without challenge.

Zephy Polius CHC Lead, Ealing Council
"

Every local authority should be using CHC+ Innovations™.

Chris Ahadzi Social Worker, Ealing Council
"

The quality is noticeably better. Practitioners feel more confident, and the ICB relationship has improved as a result.

Denise Donkor Senior Manager, Ealing Council
Ethics & security

Built for the public sector.
Designed to be trusted.

We know this is sensitive data about real people. Security and ethical design are not afterthoughts — they are core to how CHC+ Innovations™ was built.

100% practitioner-led

All domain ratings, clinical assessments and eligibility decisions rest entirely with your qualified practitioners. That will never change.

Fully GDPR compliant

Built to UK data protection standards. Clear data processing agreements and full governance documentation available for your IG team.

UK-hosted infrastructure

All data is processed and stored securely within the UK through our technology partner HGS UK. No data leaves UK borders.

No secondary data use

Your case data is never used to train open-market AI models. Your local authority's information is yours — full stop.

NHS and government-trusted security frameworks

Backed by HGS UK's information security infrastructure, already trusted by the NHS and central government. Full security documentation and DPIA support is available on request. We are here to make your IG process straightforward, not burdensome.

What's next

CHC+ Innovations™ Roadmap

We are building this for the long term — iterating with the teams using it and expanding scope based on what practitioners actually need.

Phase 1 — Proof of value

Completed

Co-design and structured pilot with Ealing Council. Achieved 80%+ time savings, zero rejections, and exceeded the annual CHC acceptance target.

Phase 2 — Expanding footprint

In progress
  • Full rollout across Ealing adult social care
  • Active pilots across additional local authorities
  • Early adopter cohort of 15 councils — places are limited. Get in touch now to secure yours

Phase 3 — Feature enhancement

Coming soon
  • Secure transcription — audio-to-text functionality so practitioners can capture evidence more naturally, especially useful in community and home settings
  • Insight reporting dashboard — service-level reporting on checklist volume, domain trends and quality patterns, giving managers visibility without adding administrative burden

Phase 4 — Decision Support Tool (DST+)

Upcoming

Bringing structured AI support to full CHC Decision Support Tools — the natural next step once checklist quality is embedded across the system.

Getting started

What working with us looks like

We keep implementation straightforward. There is no lengthy procurement process to navigate alone — we work with you through every step.

1

A conversation

We spend 30 minutes together — understanding your service, your pressures, and whether CHC+ Innovations™ is the right fit. No sales pitch. Honest answers.

Around 30 minutes
2

A structured onboarding

We work with your team to support technical onboarding — typically 8 weeks to get to the point of being ready to go.

Around 8 weeks
3

Implementation

We support your rollout with training, implementation guidance and ongoing access to our CHC+ Innovations™ Community of Practice. We do not hand over a tool and disappear.

Ongoing support included

Procurement and information governance. We understand the pressures of public sector procurement. CHC+ Innovations™ can be accessed through direct award for low-value contracts, and we provide full data processing agreements, DPIA support and information governance documentation as standard. We are here to make this straightforward.

Get started

Book a 30-minute conversation
with Emma.

Tell us about your service. We will be honest about whether CHC+ Innovations™ is right for you, what implementation looks like, and what other councils have found. No obligation, no sales pressure.