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OpenDoc for home care

Home care policies and procedures for carers working on their own

500+ policies and procedures, each written by a named expert and signed off by at least three. Kept current when guidance changes, tailored to your agency, and answered for any carer on their phone, in 51 languages, between visits or out of hours.

  • Free plan, or £70 + VAT a month per service with unlimited users
  • No long-term contract. Cancel any time
  • Free, fully managed setup, including your existing policies
500+policies and procedures in the library
100+named experts, including former CQC inspectors
3expert sign-offs, at least, on every policy
51languages carers can ask in and hear answers in
£70a month per service, any number of carers

Built for care that happens in people’s homes

In home care, there is no colleague down the corridor. A carer facing something unexpected at a client’s door is usually on their own, with a visit to finish and another to get to. OpenDoc puts your agency’s policies in their pocket, in a form they can use there and then, and gives managers the evidence inspectors ask for.

Lone working

An answer without waiting for a call back

A carer can type or speak a question on their phone and get an answer from your agency’s own approved policies, instead of searching a handbook or waiting to reach the office.

Out of hours

Fewer policy questions for on-call

Evenings and weekends are when carers most need guidance and managers are hardest to reach. Policy questions get answered in seconds, leaving on-call free for the situations that need a person.

Between visits

Quick answers, used safely

Carers can check a procedure before they set off for the next call, or once they are parked. Never while driving.

A multilingual workforce

Answers in the language carers know best

Skills for Care estimates that nearly 30% of England’s adult social care workforce had a non-British nationality in 2024/25. OpenDoc answers in 51 languages, spoken or typed.

High turnover

Unlimited users, so new starters cost nothing extra

Add every carer, coordinator and new starter at no extra cost. The price is per service, not per person, so recruitment never pushes up your policy bill.

“How do you know carers read it?”

Evidence beyond a tick-box

See which policies and sections carers view and what they ask about, so you can show engagement and spot where your team needs support.

A day of home care with OpenDoc

An illustration of how the features fit together in a home care agency.

  1. 07:20A carer arrives for a first visit and gets no answer at the door. Standing outside, she asks OpenDoc what to do and hears the steps from your agency’s own no-response procedure.
  2. 13:05Parked between calls, a newer carer asks, in his first language, how to support a client who is refusing their medicines, and reads the answer from your medication policy.
  3. 16:30The registered manager sees that medication questions have come up several times this month, and plans a refresher at the next team meeting.
  4. Next weekOpenDoc flags a change in national guidance. The manager compares the updated library policy with the agency’s version and accepts the change, and the full history is ready for the next inspection.

Policies written by people who have delivered and inspected care

Every OpenDoc policy shows the named expert who wrote it, and at least three experts sign it off before it is published. The experts include former CQC inspectors, registered managers, clinicians and leaders of Outstanding-rated services. Care providers also donate policies they already use, including the full library of PossAbilities, rated Outstanding by the CQC, and donated policies pass the same sign-off.

Meet all the experts

What regulators expect, and how OpenDoc helps you show it

The CQC says every policy must be “unique and tailored to your business”, and expects registered providers to keep policies current, secure and acted on. OpenDoc does not replace your judgement, and the CQC does not approve any policy library. What it does is make each requirement easier to meet and easier to prove: tailored versions with a full history, review dates and owners, alerts when guidance changes, and evidence of how carers use your policies.

OpenDoc covers home care in all four UK nations, regulated by the CQC in England, the Care Inspectorate in Scotland, Care Inspectorate Wales and RQIA in Northern Ireland.

See the CQC’s policy requirements in full

One price per service, however many carers you employ

£70 + VAT a month per service

Unlimited users and unlimited AI use, with no long-term contract. The library itself is free to use.

A worked example. An agency with 60 carers pays £70 + VAT a month for OpenDoc, and the same if it grows to 100. Per-carer pricing is common in home care software. For comparison, one per-user policy product, Access Policies and Procedures, starts at £2.75 per user a month, which for 60 carers is £165 a month before any volume discount, and rises with every new starter.

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Everything a home care agency gets with OpenDoc

  • 500+ policies and procedures, written by named experts
  • At least three expert sign-offs on every policy
  • A starter set chosen for your region and care setting
  • Policies that fill in your agency’s name, contacts and terms
  • Upload your own policies as PDFs or photos
  • One-click rewrite into a consistent template
  • Alerts when CQC, NICE or Care Act guidance changes
  • Side-by-side comparison of every version
  • Accept a library update or keep your own version
  • Owners, review dates, overdue status and weekly reminders
  • AI answers from your own policies, typed or spoken
  • Answers in 51 languages
  • Works on carers’ phones
  • Evidence of which sections carers read and what they ask
  • Several services managed together, choosing which policies apply where
  • All four UK nations: CQC, Care Inspectorate, CIW and RQIA
  • Unlimited users and unlimited AI use
  • Free, fully managed setup
  • No long-term contract
  • ISO 27001, Cyber Essentials Plus and NHS Data Security and Protection Toolkit standards met

Care planning, daily records, risk and incident management, training, audits and mock inspections are available through Health Connect’s wider care platform, alongside OpenDoc.

Getting started takes three steps

Set up for free

We set up your agency for you, at no cost, including uploading the policies you already have.

Tailor your policies

Start from a set chosen for home care and your region, with your agency’s details filled in, then adapt and approve each one.

Give every carer access

Add your whole team, including new starters and bank staff, and they can ask questions from their first visit.

Frequently asked questions

Can carers use OpenDoc while they are out on visits?

Yes. Carers use OpenDoc on their phones and can type or speak a question and hear the answer from your agency’s own policies. They should only use it when it is safe, never while driving.

Will OpenDoc make our agency CQC compliant?

No software can do that on its own, and the CQC does not approve any policy library. OpenDoc gives you expert-written policies to tailor, records every change so you can show what you tailored, and shows which policies carers read and what they ask about.

Can we keep our existing policies?

Yes. Upload them as PDFs or photos. Carers can ask the AI about them straight away, and one click rewrites any policy into a consistent template. The free, fully managed setup can do this for you.

How much does OpenDoc cost for a home care agency?

The library is free to use. The Organisation plan is £70 + VAT a month per service, with unlimited users and unlimited AI use, and no long-term contract.

Do you cover home care in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland?

Yes. OpenDoc covers all four UK nations, and new services get a starter set of policies chosen for their region and care setting.

Is our data secure?

Health Connect holds ISO 27001 and Cyber Essentials Plus certification, and meets the NHS Data Security and Protection Toolkit standards.

OpenDoc for other care settings

Give every carer policies they can find, understand and use

Start free today, or book a demo to see OpenDoc with your own policies.