In most cases yes, and it is what we do on the majority of our care work. We phase room by room and wing by wing, timed around meals, medication rounds and rest periods, with each room cleaned and handed back the same day. Where a scope genuinely requires an empty wing — a full rewire being the common example — we will tell you at survey stage and help you plan the decant rather than pretending phasing can absorb it.

Neither is ever isolated without a documented, monitored alternative agreed with the registered manager in advance. The plan states what comes out of service, for how long, what covers it and who signs it back in. On changeovers we run temporary monitored cover so there is no window where a resident could call and not be heard.

Every operative attending a care or medical site holds enhanced DBS clearance and we hold the records centrally. We also keep the same small team on a site throughout wherever we can — familiarity matters a great deal to residents living with dementia.

As a minimum: fixed wire test certification on a five-year cycle, monthly and annual emergency lighting tests to BS 5266, weekly and periodic fire alarm testing to BS 5839, and PAT records by risk. We can hold all of it under one maintenance contract, with certification stored per site and a prioritised remedial schedule you can act on and evidence.

Yes — medical location works to HTM 06-01 and BS 7671 Section 710, including IT system supplies and supplementary equipotential bonding where the room classification requires it. Clinical works are almost always programmed outside treatment hours.

Our 24/7 line is answered by an engineer and care settings on a maintenance contract get priority attendance. A loss of power in a care home affects call systems, hoists, medication storage and door access simultaneously — we treat it as an emergency, not a routine fault.