Let's Make Lemonade

CQC Compliance Consultant & Inspection Specialist

Let’s Make Lemonade helps CQC-regulated providers prepare for inspection, strengthen compliance, respond to regulatory concerns and approach the CQC with greater clarity and confidence.

Mock Inspections · Ongoing Compliance · Training & Development · Registration Support · Enforcement Response

Gabi Ashton, Founder of Let’s Make Lemonade
Gabi Ashton Founder and CQC Compliance Specialist
About Let's Make Lemonade

Practical CQC compliance support, informed by experience on both sides of regulation

Let’s Make Lemonade was founded by Gabi Ashton, a CQC compliance specialist with over 15 years’ experience across health and social care, including work in CQC-regulated services and as a CQC Inspector.

This experience gives Gabi a practical understanding of how services are assessed, where providers can become uncertain, and how compliance can be made clearer, more manageable and more meaningful for teams.

Let’s Make Lemonade supports providers to understand their current position, strengthen evidence, prepare for inspection, respond to regulatory concerns and approach CQC requirements with greater clarity and confidence.

How Let’s Make Lemonade Supports Providers

Understand where your service currently sits against relevant CQC legislation and guidance.

Stay focused on quality, safety and the experience of people using services.

Build confidence in communication with the CQC.

Prepare leaders and teams for inspection, registration, compliance planning and regulatory response.

About Let's Make Lemonade

Practical CQC compliance support, informed by experience on both sides of regulation

Let’s Make Lemonade was founded by Gabi Ashton, a CQC compliance specialist with over 15 years’ experience across health and social care, including work in CQC-regulated services and as a CQC Inspector.

Gabi Ashton, Founder of Let’s Make Lemonade
Gabi Ashton Founder and CQC Compliance Specialist

This experience gives Gabi a practical understanding of how services are assessed, where providers can become uncertain, and how compliance can be made clearer, more manageable and more meaningful for teams.

Let’s Make Lemonade supports providers to understand their current position, strengthen evidence, prepare for inspection, respond to regulatory concerns and approach CQC requirements with greater clarity and confidence.

How Let’s Make Lemonade Supports Providers

Understand where your service currently sits against relevant CQC legislation and guidance.

Stay focused on quality, safety and the experience of people using services.

Build confidence in communication with the CQC.

Prepare leaders and teams for inspection, registration, compliance planning and regulatory response.

CQC compliance support

Services and pricing at a glance

Five practical routes to CQC support, with clear starting prices to help you understand where an engagement may begin. Final scope and fees are agreed around your service and the work required.

Mock CQC Inspection

Mock CQC Inspection

Delivery

On-site

Independent review of how your service may stand up to CQC scrutiny, with clear findings and priorities for improvement.

From

From £700/day

Ongoing Compliance

Ongoing Compliance

Delivery

Remote

Regular practical support to review evidence, strengthen governance and keep action plans moving.

From

From £100/hour

Training and Development

Training and Development

Delivery

On-site / Remote

Tailored training to help leaders and teams understand CQC expectations and demonstrate good practice confidently.

From

From £350/half day

Registration Support

CQC Registration Support

Delivery

Remote

Structured help with applications, supporting evidence and registered manager interview preparation.

From

From £400/half day

Enforcement Response

Enforcement Response

Delivery

Remote preferred / On-site possible

Urgent practical support with CQC concerns, draft reports, factual accuracy and formal correspondence.

From

From £500/half day

Client experiences

What CQC-regulated providers say about working with Let’s Make Lemonade

Feedback from providers who have worked with Gabi across registration, mock inspections, ongoing compliance and regulatory response.

Collaborations

Sharing Practical CQC Insight With Sector Partners

Let’s Make Lemonade works with selected organisations across health and social care to share practical CQC compliance knowledge through webinars, workshops, toolkits and specialist contributions.

RA Support

Webinar contribution on IPC and CQC compliance.

Allied Health Training

Workshops on clinical governance and regulatory compliance.

See the full Collaborations page for previous sector contributions and archive work.

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