Since launching McClarrons Care Network in 2019, as well as reviewing its value to you, our care clients, we have also been collating your feedback to ensure that it is meeting your needs.
We are pleased to announce that we have a new and improved McClarrons Care Network to introduce to you as we have revamped our proposition with some significant changes and enhancements.
The New McClarrons Care Network
With our in-depth knowledge of the sector, we are aware of the challenges faced by Care & Social Welfare organisations, which is why we built the McClarrons Care Network originally.
The new McClarrons Care Network offers our clients access to exclusive offerings from sector specialists who provide services and products designed to educate, assist and improve care providers’ organisations in relation to risk.
Our network is made up of three core businesses who cater for care organisations and who have agreed to offer you unique service offerings and/or discounts that are otherwise unavailable.
Without further ado, we are proud to introduce Be Outstanding*, Brabners, and Care Improvement Associates.
McClarrons Care Network Partners
Brabners
While Brabners are based in the north of England, they have national outreach and represent clients all over the country. As a full-service law firm, Brabners bring together the right experts across the business to support care sector businesses and their clients. The breadth and depth of Brabners’ team, together with their sector approach and experience, and understanding of the issues that affect the care sector, means they provide commercially focused and pragmatic advice, provide value and deliver solutions.
Brabners have knowledge and experience in all the main legal disciplines with particular expertise in Employment, Commercial, Corporate, Litigation & Regulatory investigations and prosecutions, and Real Estate, all of which are of particular relevance to our care sector clients.
Brabners will be providing McClarrons Care Network clients with a designated Client Relationship Manager, a free 30-minute initial advice call with a lawyer or advisor from the respective department handling the query, free quarterly educational and advisory events, tailored training if requested, and a discounted rate on their bespoke health and safety product, Brabners Protect. You can find out more details about exactly what each of these services includes and how you can benefit from them here.
The CIA Group Ltd
Although their head office is based in Scarborough, The CIA Group Ltd is a national network of care quality consultants, including former CQC inspectors and specialist advisers, who provide regulatory mock inspections, interim management, action plans, emergency turnaround services, and training and mentoring services to care services across the UK. All their consultants are qualified professionals who are insured, DBS and reference checked, and share the same aim of outstanding care quality.
The CIA Group Ltd are offering McClarrons Care Network clients a free initial consultancy and 15% discount on their mock CQC inspections which they have tailored into 3 package options, including annual, biannual, and quarterly inspections and solutions, to suit your needs and budget.
The CIA Group Ltd are also working on solutions to assist new start-up domiciliary care agencies with their CQC registration and compliance setup, which we hope to introduce to you soon.
Read about why The CIA Group Ltd was so keen to join McClarrons Care Network.
Be Outstanding*
Be Outstanding is an award-winning care quality software and consulting company that develops innovative but easy-to-use, cloud-based and research-driven care quality solutions for the social care sector. The Be Outstanding software supports you in identifying the areas in which you need to focus your time and also provides an easy-to-use database for recording your evidence.
Mapped against the five key questions that the Care Quality Commission (CQC) ask of social care services, Be Outstanding take away the guesswork; their published research identifies the types of evidence that the CQC consistently considers ‘Outstanding’. The software helps you, as a care provider, to clearly demonstrate that your management, practices, and documentation are in direct alignment with the CQC’s ‘Outstanding’ rated services across the country.
Be Outstanding is giving McClarrons Care Network clients a free initial consultation as well as a demo and free 30-day trial of the Be Outstanding software. Not only that, should clients choose to go ahead with utilising the software, they will benefit from a discounted rate on their monthly subscription cost, exclusive to network clients only.
Read about the key issues that care providers experience concerning providing evidence and what advice Be Outstanding have readily available to help you with these, here.
*Please note: Be Outstanding ceased trading Thursday 13 November 2025.
Providing service without compromise
We are committed to providing our clients with ‘service without compromise’ and by creating this network, and offering a service which goes above and beyond providing specialist insurance advice, we hope that we can assist you in achieving your wider business goals.
Our aim, through our network partners, is to help you to continue to enhance your service offering and develop your organisation whilst managing any risks you face, effectively.
For more information about the McClarrons Care Network and how you can get the best out of it, or for a complimentary review of your insurances, contact our Care & Social Welfare team on 01653 600477 or at care@mcclarroninsurance.com.
Updated Nov 2025: “Please note: Be Outstanding ceased trading Thursday 13 November 2025.”
