Home

Caring Solutions UK

WORLD CLASS INVESTIGATION SERVICE

Serving the mental health community since 1999. Prompt, experienced service by highly trained professionals.

We offer you the professionalism and technical sophistication you’d expect from a large business, along with the responsiveness and personalised service only smaller firms are able to provide.

Investigations

Caring Solutions have extensive expertise in providing specialist support to independent inquiries and reviews.

LeDeR

The Learning Disabilities Mortality Review (LeDeR) Programme has been established in response to the recommendations of the Confidential Inquiry into the premature deaths of people with learning disabilities (CIPOLD).

Independent Reviews

Caring Solutions UK was successful in being appointed to the national framework for the independent review of serious incidents in November 2013 by NHS England. Consequently our reviews have a high level of accreditation.

Meet the Team

Dr Colin Dale
Dr Dale has been an Executive Nurse in three Learning Disability and Mental Health NHS Trusts; has worked as a professional adviser to the RCN, NIMHE, NPSA and the Department of Health and has a track record of research publications and international conference presentations.
Tom Swan 
Tom is a Registered Learning Disability Nurse and Registered Mental Health Nurse, he holds a Masters Degree in Behavioural Sciences, he has a recognised teaching qualification and is also registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Council as a Lecturer/Practice Educator.
Tony Thompson
Investigation Chairman and Lead Investigator – Tony offers wide experience to the undertaking of sensitive and high profile RCA investigations. His career spans over 40 years working within public services. This includes H.M. Forces and regulatory /statutory body senior positions held at a national level.
Maggie Clifton
Maggie Clifton has managed and contributed to a number of Independent Investigation Panels and to the review and audit of internal and independent Serious Incident investigation reports. She trained and worked as social scientist, specialising in qualitative research including interviewing, documentary and transcript analysis and report-writing, in health and social policy related areas.
Dr Tony Fowles 
Dr Fowles is a senior associate at Caring Solutions(UK) Ltd and is a specialist in criminal justice with a background in research and university teaching; including being Dean of the Law School at Thames Valley University. He was the lead reviewer for the NHS London
Dr Ashok Roy
Consultant in the Psychiatry of Learning Disability in Solihull Community Services and Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust. He is Medical Lead for the Learning Disability Assessment and Treatment Service for the Trust. He is the Chair of the Faculty of Intellectual Disability at the Royal College of Psychiatrists. He represents the Faculty at the Department of Health and at the Learning Disability Professional Senate. 
Brenda Crossley 
Brenda is a Registered Nurse (Learning Disability) who now works freelance and as an associate of Caring Solutions (UK) Ltd in the field of learning disability. For 24 years, until her retirement in January 2015, Brenda was employed by the only NHS Trust in England exclusively for people with learning disabilities.
Dr Brown
Dr Brown is currently consultant psychiatrist in the EIS provided by Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust and, in addition to direct work with service users, provides clinical leadership to the team. She has worked as a substantive Consultant in General Adult Psychiatry, for since 2006.  Previously, she has provided clinical leadership to a Crisis Resolution Team covering a large geographical area with a demanding and variable caseload.
Ian Hall 
Ian Hall is a Registered Nurse with seventeen years’ experience working within which was the only NHS learning disability trust in the country at the time, at senior management level. He was involved at strategic level in quality, governance, leadership and education and led on responses to Winterbourne, peer reviews and Care Quality Commission. 

About Us

Find out more about why Caring Solutions UK is the leading independent investigations consultancy for regulated organisations.

More About Us

Get In Touch

  • caringsolutionsuk@gmail.com
  • (0151) 324 0654

More Ways to Get In Touch

Contact Us

Head office: Southport, Merseyside, UK