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cura systems, Social Care Interoperability 9Jun, 2026
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Social Care Interoperability Platform Hack Day

Cura Joins Forces at SCIP Hack Day for Social Care Interoperability

On May 27, 2026, Cura Systems collaborated with five other NHS assured Digital Social Care Record (DSCR) providers, Synanetics, and the NHS England/DHSC Joining Up Data programme for a hands-on, collaborative Social Care Interoperability Platform (SCIP) Hack Day.

Cura Systems spent the day integrating with a prototype federated integration platform such as testing, building, and validating real end-to-end data flows using live synthetic data.

Technical Framework: The Synergy of MODS and HL7 FHIR R4

The Minimum Operational Data Standard (MODS) is an emerging shared data model for social care provides a consistent baseline that all DSCR providers can produce. On top of this, the platform uses FHIR R4 (Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources), the international standard for health data exchange. A key innovation of the SCIP platform is its ability to perform bi-directional transformation between MODS and FHIR, allowing systems to both publish and consume data in formats they understand, without sacrificing standardisation.

“A key enabler for this was the use of Minimum Operational Data Standard (MODS). Unlike healthcare, and secondary care in particular, where long-established integration standards such as HL7v2 have often resulted in specialised message formats layered over time, social care presents a more open, greenfield landscape. MODS is emerging as a shared data model that assured providers are working towards, establishing a common foundation for representing person-centred information and enabling interoperability from a consistent starting point.” - Rob Organ, Principal Engineer of  Synanetics

Here are the Key Take Aways from the Hack Day

  • Six NHS assured DSCR providers including Cura integrated with a prototype interoperability platform in a hands-on hack day
  • MODS provided a shared foundation for social care data, enabling consistent exchange
  • Bi-directional transformation between MODS and FHIR allowed systems to both publish and consume data
  • Teams successfully completed end-to-end flows and some went beyond the original scope
  • Common challenges emerged, especially around de-duplication and data ownership
  • Flexible integration patterns were demonstrated, including mixing MODS writes with direct FHIR reads
  • There is strong appetite to expand into wider health data, particularly notifications from secondary care
  • Governance, rather than technology, remains the primary barrier to scaling interoperability
  • Even simple administrative data sharing could significantly improve current processes

Cura’s Role and Commitment to Connected Care

Cura Systems didn't just show up, the team came prepared, engaged, and committed to making interoperability available for the service users and care providers we support. The event provided an opportunity to test interoperability in practice, and our team successfully completed the required integration activities, including publishing an "About Me" record in MODS format and accessing that information through the FHIR R4 standard.

While the technical progress was significant, for Cura, the real value lies in what this means for care providers. Access to timely, accurate information can make a significant difference when supporting individuals whose needs span multiple services. Delays in communication often result in unnecessary administration, uncertainty, and missed opportunities to respond quickly when circumstances change, and reduce risk for the service users supported, transforming the responsiveness of care teams. This is SCIP's vision in action and Cura is actively contributing and helping drive it forward.

Cura's participation in the SCIP Hack Day reflects our ongoing commitment to building a digital care management system that works not just within our platform, but across the wider health and care ecosystem. We believe that truly person-centred care and we are proud to be part of the collaboration making that possible.

 

Secure Your Digital Transformation Under the 2026 Mandates

We look forward to the next phase of SCIP development and to continuing to work alongside our peers, NHS England, and the DHSC to build a truly connected, system-wide view of care that puts the service user at the centre of care.

Meet compliance obligations with a future-proof care management system. Book a demo today!

Person Centred Care Software, Action Falls 3Jun, 2026
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Cura launches Action Falls in Collaboration with Nottingham University

Cura Launches Action Falls in Collaboration with Nottingham University

The Clinical Evidence Behind Action Falls (GtACH)

Action Falls, previously known as the Guide to Action for Falls Prevention in Care Homes (GtACH) was developed and rigorously tested by researchers at the University of Nottingham, including Dr. Fran Allen (Senior Research Fellow in the School of Medicine, Academic Unit of Injury, Inflammation and Recovery Sciences, Centre for Rehabilitation and Ageing), this evidence-based framework sets a new standard for proactive falls management in social care.

The programme was evaluated in one of the largest randomised controlled trials (RCT) of falls prevention in care homes ever undertaken.

Trial Data & Clinical Outcomes at a Glance

Metric Trial Details & Results
Scope of Trial 84 UK care homes (1,657 total residents)
Control Group Split 39 homes allocated to Action Falls vs. 45 continuing with usual care
Primary Outcome 43% reduction in falls during the peak intervention period (months 4–6)
Resident Independence 0% decline in service user activity or dependency levels
Cost-Efficiency Health economic analysis confirmed the framework is highly cost-effective

 

Researchers monitored service users' activity and dependency levels throughout the trial and found no decline in either. Residents were not being kept in bed or restricted in their movement to prevent incidents; they were simply being better supported. Care staff and family members responded overwhelmingly positively, and the accompanying economic analysis confirmed that Action Falls offers genuine cost-effective value for care providers.

“The results were clear and compelling: a 43% reduction in falls during the peak intervention period... when compared with usual care.” - University of Nottingham Trial Findings

Cura achieves a major milestone as the first assured supplier to make Action Falls available in a digital format.

Previously, the full Action Falls framework was largely confined to paper-based research and academic settings.

As an assured Digital Social Care Record (DSCR) supplier, Cura has achieved a major sector milestone by becoming the first to deliver the University of Nottingham’s Action Falls framework in a digital format.

With Cura Systems, care providers and service facilities of any size, location, or technical capacity can now seamlessly implement Action Falls. Cura integrates the framework directly into daily workflows, giving care home staff instant access to digital training, risk assessment, and evidence-based care planning tools within a user-friendly interface.

Why Action Falls On Cura Should Be Your Next Step

  • Evidence-backed and clinically tested – researched, implemented and validated by the University of Nottingham, giving you confidence in outcomes.
  • Proactive approach - provides assessments including Falls History, Medical History, Movement and Environment, and Personal details to evaluate risks from all angles.
  • Proven to be a cost-effective way of reducing the rate of falls without reducing service user’s activity or independence.
  • Action Falls Form - provides a structured approach and clearly documenting the actions taken to prevent future falls.
  • Compliance and audit readiness – enables tracking not just the action taken but automatically logs the date action taken and by whom, creating a compliance-friendly audit trail.

Ready to Reduce Falls in Your Care Home by 43%?

Discover how digitising the Action Falls framework can safeguard your service users, empower your care team, and protect your compliance rating. For more information about Action Falls, contact us at info@cura.systems or 020 3621 9111.

Frequently Asked Questions

Best Digital Care System, Complex Care Software, Digital Care Apps 13May, 2026
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Cura Systems Personalised Timeline

Personalised Timeline: Cura Systems captures every minute of care

When a care giver spends an extra 20 minutes helping a service user with personal care, is the extra time being captured and recorded?

In most care settings, the answer is no. That effort goes unrecorded and so too does the evidence of good care and the ability to assess the true cost.

Cura's personalised Timeline, a visual tool outlining all the daily activities and actions taken, give care managers an instant, chronological view of everything that happened for a service user: who did what, when, what time and how long it took.

  • True cost of care - Capturing actual time spent gives care managers actionable view of resource allocation and cost.
  • A complete audit trail – Every activity is timestamped.
  • Evidence that speaks for itself - When inspectors or local authorities ask how well a service user is being supported, you don't have to rely on hearsay. 

Ready to reconnect? 

At Cura Systems, we believe that every minute of care needs to be accounted for. Contact us on 020 3621 9111 or email us at info@cura.systems to book a demo.

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2026 UK’s Best Digital Care System

UK's Best Digital Care System in 2026: Demanding The Best ... Might Not Be For The Best! 

Many digital care system vendors claim to be the best!  But at what are they so good at?  What is more important is whether the care planning system is suitable for your purpose.  Selecting a care management system will be a critical strategic decision for social care providers.

First, and foremost, you would want to be assured that the digital care system will grow to meet not only your needs but also new legislation and changing demands from regulatory bodies.  The upcoming Minimum Operating Data Standards (MODS) is just one of the changes on the near horizon.  

While digital platforms must still support day-to-day care delivery and compliance, they are increasingly expected to demonstrate how care is planned, monitored and remain future-ready as needs become more complex.

Such reforms place digital capability, data quality, and system usability are at the heart of regulations and signal a clear expectation that care providers must have reliable, structured, and accessible digital systems in place to evidence quality, safety, and outcomes for their service offering.

"As digital adoption hits 80% it's time to shift our focus to a fully digitised future.” - Peter Skinner, Programme Director for Digitising Social Care 

 

Cura's digital care system is built with this vision in mind, aligning with Digitising Social Care’s call to move towards a fully digitised future and supporting the next phase of digital transformation in social care.

The focus has shifted, and it's no longer about just using digital tools. From 2026 onwards, CQC inspectors will test whether care providers have an assured digital social care record that is suited for the service to strengthen governance, and not just whether you have one.

“This government is driving digital innovation, and digital care records are making a major difference for people drawing on care and their carers - with the number of care providers using them doubling from 40% to 80%, including a meaningful increase since July 2024.

A one-stop shop for a person’s care information - securely available to carers - cuts paperwork, helps reduce errors and gives carers more time to care.

As we shift more care out of hospital and into the community, digital transformation is critical to ensure we create a coordinated system of social care and primary care.”- Minister of State for Care, Stephen Kinnock  Click to find out more

 

National policies in adult social care, the NHS, and government are also pushing for better use of data, combined with appropriate use of and AI to improve care quality, safety, care planning, and innovation. All this points to care providers re-evaluating existing systems and moving away from beyond basic digital record-keeping to a care system that is intuitive and demonstrably supports complex care delivery.

Cura is an AI-enabled, future-ready digital care system. It goes beyond just recording data; it transforms into an "immediate evidence of transparency and accountability" that inspectors now require. Moreover, its built-in GP Connect functionality ensures that sharing vital information with the NHS is seamless and secure.

 

Care Quality Commission (CQC) & Digital Social Care Records (DSCR) Compliance Mandate

Minimum standards for care technologies must cover safety, interoperability and usability. Providers must have the confidence to adopt new systems, including AI-enabled and data-driven tools, while clearly signalling to suppliers what “good” looks like in adult social care.

What does ‘Good’ look like in Adult Social Care

  • Detailed Audit Trail – Cura automatically captures log and time-stamp every single action. Providing transparency for all actions, a detailed audit trail is essential for demonstrating Regulation 17 (Good Governance) and ensuring that safeguarding reports are backed by evidence-based records.
  • Integrated Interoperability – Look beyond simple data sharing. Through secure integrations such as GP Connect, Cura empowers authorised staff with instant access to essential medical records at the point of care—supporting safer, more informed decision-making.

 

The Best Digital Care System Must be Perfectly Suited for Complex Delivery

Given the unique and demanding needs of service users with severe dementia, profound learning disabilities, challenging behaviour or long-term chronic illnesses, standard digital care management platforms are insufficient.

Cura stands at the forefront, offering tools and features that does more than just support day-to-day delivery; it ensures providers remain future-ready as needs and regulations become more complex.

What Care Providers Must Demand and How Cura Delivers

  • Innovative User Interface – Many traditional digital care systems rely on fixed templates or icon-driven workflows that can limit how information is recorded. Look for digital care systems such as Cura that allow users to design and adapt their own user-specific dashboards, assessments, and care plans, rather than forcing you to fit predefined formats
  • Configurability – Cura is highly configurable, adaptable to the unique requirements of any care setting to align perfectly with your workflow.
  • Personalised Care Planning – Cura enables detailed, personalised care plans to support basic care through to highly complex behavioural needs all within one platform. With Cura, care plans you can identify various health and safety risks, assesses the level of hazard, and outline measures to mitigate risks.
  • Incident Analysis –Cura provides valuable data for identifying trends and areas requiring additional and intensive support.
  • Incident Reporting – Cura facilitates detailed incident reporting, designed to facilitate accurate and timely recording of even the most severe incidents.
  • Data Driven Dashboards – Cura's digital care system providers a real-time, personalised dashboard that flags trends like incident, missed observations, or deteriorating vital signs before an issue becomes critical, allowing care managers to intervene proactively.
  • Management Dashboards – Cura provides a sophisticated, highly developed graphical management reporting tool that simplifies data into easy-to-understand visual insights, highlighting trends, areas requiring action, and offering real-time drill-down capability across key areas for single or multiple locations.
  • Smart Rota System – Cura Roster with Smart Routing, its highly configurable AI supported workflow addresses diverse complex needs of care homes and home care services, integrating seamlessly with functions such as invoicing, staff app, activity tracking and GPS location for attendance monitoring.
  • Next-of-Kin App – Cura Kin, a mobile app that gives authorised family members and friends secure access to information about service users’ daily well-being, meals, participation in activities and much more.
  • Staff & Caregivers App – Cura Angel, a mobile phone app that enables care givers to stay in touch with the rest of their team, even when not on duty, in a safe and secure way.
  • Maintenance & Repair – Cura helps care teams to schedule, assign and monitor daily tasks, ensuring a safe and compliant environment. The module supports planned and reactive maintenance, logs issues and actions taken, assigns tasks, tracks progress and completion, and provides audit-ready records to support health, safety and regulatory compliance across single or multiple locations.

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Best Digital Care System, Complex Care Software, Digital Care Apps 14Feb, 2026
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Cura Systems has evolved

Intuitive Care System for Autism & Learning Disabilities

Cura Systems has evolved and ready to take Complex Care to a whole new level!

Since you last used Cura, we’ve made big improvements — developing a smarter, highly intuitive system designed to elevate the delivery of complex care.

Whether you manage severe dementia, learning disabilities, autism, and other complex care needs, Cura is now built to do even more!

“Cura Systems has changed dramatically over the past year and a half, demonstrating a commitment to ongoing development. We have made a huge leap forward from where we started to where we are now!”  - Chetna Satra, Co-Founder of Optimal Living

Ready to reconnect? Here’s what you’ve missed:

  • GP Connect
  • Cura Axis – our smart AI assistant
  • Dynamic data dashboards
  • Highly configurable risk assessments
  • In-depth incident reporting
  • Integrated roster with smart routing
  • Daily Care Schedules on mobile phones
  • ….and a lot more!

Switching back is easier than you think! Our team handles the migration with ease and provides personalised onboarding to ensure a smooth start. To book a no-obligation demo, contact us on 020 3621 9111 or  email at info@cura.systems. 

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Any Care System Is Only As Good As Its Support!

Any Care System Is Only As Good As Its Support!

A successful transition to a new digital care system that is made for complex care goes way beyond the initial flurry of implementation and training.  It's much more about continuing support and growing of the system to meet challenging needs.  Any system is only as good as the people supporting it!  

At Cura Systems, we take pride in providing a human service experience. Forget chatbots and automated voice responses — our dedicated team, with firsthand experience in complex care environments, is here to provide the ongoing support you need and deserve. Cura is also committed to a growth path that ensures your investment is protected.

Here's a glimpse of the exceptional customer support that sets Cura apart:

Anthony Birmingham, Registered Manager of PIPS:

“I would say our relationship is really good, and we regularly seek support, whether that be through changes and developments that we need. We can fully grasp the availability and flexibility of the Cura support team.”

Chetna Satra, Co-Founder of Optimal Living:

"We've had a lot of staff turnover. The customer support team remained proactive in helping our new staff learn Cura.”
Sally Colwill, Care Manager of Chatsworth Residential Home:

The Cura support team is very patient. We were all nervous about how we could adapt to the learning process, and they were all extremely helpful. I love the fact that somebody is always there if we need something instantly.”

If you would like to know more about how our customers have successfully implemented Cura, simply call us on 020 3621 9111 or email us at info@cura.systems.

Cura Systems, Austism Software 25Apr, 2025
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Better Approach to Managing Autism and Learning Disabilities

Cura's Autism Care Software...a Better Approach to Managing Individuals with Profound Autism and Learning Disabilities

Caring for individuals with autism and learning disabilities requires a truly person-centred approach to help address the intricacies of the individual's unique needs. While various digital care systems are available in the market, addressing the changing demands often requires a more specialised approach, such as Cura's learning disabilities and autism care software. 

Implementing a built-for-purpose specialised management system for autism and learning disabilities like Cura is more than just a technological upgrade; it is a platform designed specifically to deliver better outcomes, truly serving complex care needs.

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PBS Care Plans, Positive Behavioural Support 25Apr, 2025
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Discover how PIPS achieve better PBS outcomes with Cura

Discover how PIPS achieve better PBS outcomes with Cura

Supporting individuals with complex needs requires more than just care. When it comes to Positive Behavioural Support (PBS), having a configurable and specialised digital system for challenging behaviour is crucial.

Cura is built to integrate PBS principles, ensuring that service providers can effectively track behaviours, implement proactive measures, and evaluate outcomes, all in one place. Cura is specifically designed with complex care situations in mind, and our system stands out with its unparalleled support for PBS.

Here are just some of the highlights in Cura that our customers like Positive Individual Proactive Support (PIPS) say are critical to the service users they support:

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Optimal Living The Limes Achieves Outstanding CQC Rating with Cura

Optimal Living The Limes Achieves Outstanding CQC Rating Overall

Optimal Living The Limes has recently received an Outstanding Rating from the Care Quality Commission (CQC). This marks a significant milestone for its management and staff members in solidifying its position in providing high-quality care for individuals with complex care needs.

As part of CQC’s assessment methodology for people with a learning disability and autism, the service was assessed on whether they meet the Right Support, Right Care, Right Culture (RSRCRC) statutory guidance.

In its first-ever inspection, the CQC assessed Optimal Living against the key questions of Safe, Effective, Caring, Responsive, and Well-led. The service demonstrated exceptional care in several areas, earning Outstanding ratings for Effective, Caring, and Well-led.

 

  • Person Centred Care 

"Without exception people were being supported to live their lives the way they chose to. They were supported to be fully in control of the support they had and made choices in every single aspect of their lives. As a result of the outstanding support people received, they had been supported to achieve excellent outcomes in line with their own personal preferences and ambitions. Whilst people were unable to speak with us using verbal communication, they used signs and body language to show how happy and content they were living at the service."

  • Detailed Care Plans 

"The registered manager and provider prioritised people’s individual needs in all aspects of their support. People’s care plans were exceptional in the way they captured how to support people in the best way possible in line with their individual needs. Staff knew people very well as a result. A relative told us, ‘‘I am incredibly impressed with how staff support [family member]. Staff work with them and us to identify how best to support them in line with how they need to be supported. They do so much more for themselves now as a result of this.’’

"The service is exceptionally well-led. The registered manager and provider are fully committed to ensuring people have the best quality care they can, and that people are at the centre of every decision made in relation to their support. They had fostered a hugely positive culture and had ensured the staff team fully embraced every aspect of their job roles, putting people firmly at the centre of their support. The registered manager and provider were hugely skilled in their job roles and had outstanding systems in place and take decisive actions to continually improve the service if this was necessary."

 

  • Empowering Environment and Positive Culture

"Without exception, staff told us they enjoyed working together and there was a sense of supporting one another in their job roles to ensure the best possible support for people. A relative said, ‘‘I don’t really feel like they are a staff team but more like a family with how they all work together, and you can see how much this means to [family member].’’ Staff’s comments included, ‘‘It is an excellent and wonderful place to work here. As a team we are all of one mind and that mind is getting the best for the people who live here. We help each other out and we all always give our best so there are never any bad feelings. I have never worked in a place like this.’’ and, ‘‘It is a fantastic team here and we all help each other out."

  • Click to see the full details.

Optimal Living The Limes' success is driven by its unwavering commitment to continuous improvement. The registered manager actively seeks feedback from staff members and implements changes to ensure the best possible outcomes for the individuals they support. 

From the management, care givers to staff members, everyone at Optimal Living - The Limes is truly honoured for the outstanding rating received on its very first CQC inspection. This remarkable achievement is a testament to their team’s hard work and dedication, reinforcing the highest standards in every aspect of complex care delivery. 

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