Care homes · UK pack
Maintenance software for care homes
Hoists, slings, bed rails, nurse call and hot water: the checks your maintenance person does each week, and the examinations that must not slip, on one list.
Free for one site and up to 3 people. Team: £29 a month for each person who plans, £9 for each who does the work. Everyone who only reports or views is free.
Team opens in Q1 2027. Start free today and move up then.
What comes loaded
- 26 kinds of equipment
- 32 planned maintenance tasks
- 8 checks for the phone
- 12 duties tracked, each marked to be checked
This is the UK pack: its duty rows follow the rules in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, row by row.
Each home is laid out as building, wing, floor, room or space, resident room, bathroom, lounge or dining room, kitchen, laundry, sluice, plant room, roof, riser, external area, garden or grounds.
- Nurse call system
- Nurse call point
- Profiling bed
- Bed rails
- Pressure-relief mattress
- Mattress pump
- Hoist
- Hoist sling
- Assisted bath
- Wheelchair
- Shower chair or trolley
- Window restrictor
- Thermostatic mixing valve
- Fire door
- Fire alarm call point
- Sluice disinfector
- Medicine fridge
- Medical device
- Commercial cooking appliance
- Walk-in cold room or freezer
- Commercial fridge or freezer
- Commercial dishwasher
- Washer-extractor
- Tumble dryer
- Flatwork ironer
- Vehicle
It sits on the UK buildings pack, which adds the checks every building has: 71 more planned tasks, such as “Boiler: annual service and gas safety check”.
Planned maintenance from day one
| Task | How often | Who | Where it comes from |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hoist slings: thorough examination | Every 6 months | Specialist | The law the row cites: check |
| Hoist slings: monthly check and laundry count | Every month | Your team | Maker’s recommendation |
| Hoist: monthly function check | Every month | Your team | Maker’s recommendation |
| Hoist: service | Every 6 months | Specialist | Maker’s recommendation |
| Assisted bath: thorough examination of the lifting seat | Every 6 months | Specialist | The law the row cites: check |
| Assisted bath: service | Every year | Specialist | Maker’s recommendation |
| Nurse call: monthly test of every call point | Every month | Your team | Our library: check |
| Nurse call: annual service | Every year | Specialist | Maker’s recommendation |
| Bed rails: monthly inspection | Every month | Your team | Our library: check |
| Profiling bed: monthly check with the bed rails | Every month | Your team | Maker’s recommendation: check |
Every interval is a starting point. The maker’s manual, the warranty and your own safety rules win, and you change any of them.
Checks on the phone
The forms come loaded. Filling them in on the phone: coming in Q1 2027.
- Hoist check before use
- Sling check before use
- Bed rail inspection
- Window restrictor check
- Hot water outlet temperatures
- Nurse call test
- Medicine fridge temperature log
- Pressure-relief mattress check
Duties we track
The duty rows come loaded. The register of duties with their dates: coming in Q1 2027.
| Duty | Where | What it rests on | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thorough examination of hoist slings and bath lifts | Great Britain | Law: Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations 1998, regulation 9 | Check |
| Thorough examination of hoist slings and bath lifts (Northern Ireland) | Northern Ireland | Law: Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999, regulation 9 | Check |
| Hot water outlet temperatures where residents wash and bathe | UK | Guidance: Managing the risks from hot water and surfaces in health and social care; Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974, section 3 | Check |
| Bed rail inspection | UK | Guidance: Bed rails: management and safe use; Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974, section 3 | Check |
| Window restrictor check | UK | Guidance: Falls from windows or balconies in health and social care; Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974, section 3 | Check |
| Nurse call function test | England | Law: Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2014, regulation 15 (premises and equipment) | Check |
| Fire door inspection | UK | Law: Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, article 17 (maintenance); Fire Safety (Scotland) Regulations 2006; Fire Safety Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010 | Check |
| Gas safety check of kitchen and laundry appliances | Great Britain | Law: Gas Safety (Installation and Use) Regulations 1998, regulation 35 | Check |
| F-gas leak check of kitchen refrigeration | Great Britain | Law: Fluorinated Greenhouse Gases Regulations 2015; Regulation (EU) No 517/2014 as it applies in Great Britain, article 4 | Check |
| Medicine fridge temperature readings | UK | Guidance: Managing medicines in care homes | Check |
| Hot surfaces and radiator guards checked where residents can reach them | UK | Guidance: Managing the risks from hot water and surfaces in health and social care; Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974, section 3 | Check |
| Residents’ personal evacuation plans reviewed | England, Wales | Law: The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, articles 9 and 15; Fire safety risk assessment: residential care premises | Check |
The legal duties are drafted from the public text each row cites and marked to be checked until a qualified person has reviewed them, in the product as here. Check your own duty-holder advice.
In your words
home, resident, handyman, maintenance person, registered manager, nurse call, room, sluice, hoist, sling.
What you watch: hoist and sling examinations in date; nurse call faults open; water temperature exceptions; statutory certificates in date; bed rail inspections done each month; window restrictors reported broken.
Common questions
Do contractors and clients pay?
No. Contractors, clients, requesters and viewers are free, with no limit. You pay for your own staff.
Do we have to keep the starting plans?
No. Every interval and check is a starting point: change it, switch it off or add your own.
Is this legal advice?
No. The duty rows say what the law or guidance they cite asks, and every one is marked to be checked. Check your own duty-holder advice.
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