Safe water, safe doors, safe nights.
Hot water temperatures, mixing valves, fire doors, night-time drills, hoists and medication fridges, scheduled for your team and recorded on their phones. Evidence that’s ready when your regulator visits.
Professional plan · £49 per home, per month · 30 days free
The problem
Sound familiar?
Residents can’t look after themselves
Many residents can’t leave the building unaided or feel when water is too hot. A missed check matters more here than almost anywhere.
Nights and weekends slip
Day staff know the routine. Night staff and agency cover often don’t, so night drills and weekend checks are the first to go.
Inspectors want evidence, not promises
CQC, HIQA, CIW and the Care Inspectorate all ask how you know the building is safe. Saying “we do it” isn’t enough without a dated record.
Ready to schedule
The checks you’re responsible for, already set up.
Duly comes with each of these built in, with the questions, intervals and safe ranges. Adjust anything to match your risk assessment, or add your own.
Book a demo to see them in action| Check | How often | |
|---|---|---|
| Fire alarm call point test | Weekly | I.S. 3218 · BS 5839-1 |
| Emergency lighting functional test | Monthly | I.S. 3217 · BS 5266-1 |
| Fire door inspection | Monthly | Fire risk assessment |
| Evacuation drill, including night staff | 6-monthly | Fire risk assessment |
| Hot water at sentinel outlets (55°C or above) | Monthly | ACoP L8 · HSG274 |
| Thermostatic mixing valve check | Monthly | HSG274 · HSE guidance |
| Flushing of little-used outlets | Weekly | HSG274 |
| Medication fridge temperature (2–8°C) | Daily | Medicines guidance |
| Hoist and sling thorough examination | 6-monthly | LOLER |
| Passenger lift check | Weekly | LOLER |
| Gas safety inspection | Annual | Gas Safety Regs |
| Fixed electrical installation (EICR) | Every 5 years | BS 7671 |
With Duly
What a normal week looks like.
- 1
Maintenance and care staff each get their list
The handyperson sees water temperatures and fire doors. Nurses see the medication fridge. Night staff see the night drill when it’s due.
- 2
A hot tap is flagged straight away
Staff enter the reading. If a mixing valve lets water through above the safe limit, Duly raises a defect with a photo and tells the manager.
- 3
The manager sees what’s overdue
One screen shows what’s done and what’s late. Overdue checks are escalated by email, so nothing waits until the next audit.
| Wed 7 Oct | Fire alarm call point test | A. Murphy | Done |
| Wed 7 Oct | Emergency lighting functional test | C. Doyle | Done |
| Tue 6 Oct | Fire door inspection | N. Kenny | Done |
| Mon 5 Oct | Evacuation drill, including night staff | J. Walsh | Done |
| Mon 5 Oct | Hot water at sentinel outlets (55°C or above) | S. Byrne | Done late |
What Duly does for care homes.
Readings with safe ranges
Hot water, mixing valves and fridges have limits built in. Anything outside them becomes a defect automatically.
Drills that include nights
Schedule drills for each shift and record who took part, how long it took and what went wrong.
Certificates that don’t lapse
Keep the LOLER, gas and EICR certificates in one place, with a reminder before each one expires.
A register for your inspector
Download the fire, water or equipment record for any date range as a PDF.
Professional plan
£49per home, per month
Unlimited staff and assets. Group pricing from five homes.
Questions from care homes
Also for:
Will this satisfy our inspector?
Duly gives you a clear, dated record of every check and defect. What your inspector accepts is up to them, but you’ll have the evidence to show.
Can agency and night staff use it?
Yes. Add them as users and they only see their own checks, with plain questions. Professional includes unlimited users.
Does it handle hoists and slings?
Yes. Add each hoist and sling as an asset, schedule the 6-monthly thorough examination and attach the engineer’s report.
Does it cover nurse call?
No. Duly is for building and equipment checks. Nurse call systems stay with your existing supplier.
We run several homes. Can we see them together?
Yes. The group view shows every home side by side. Group pricing starts at five sites.
Get your building on Duly this week.
30 days free on one site. No card needed. We’ll import your asset list and set up your schedules for you.