Care planning
How do you plan an inspection around residents and services?
Plan the inspection around the people using the building. Identify occupied rooms, essential supplies and access procedures, then agree the installation scope and visit arrangements through the commercial EICR team.
Reviewed 6 October 2026 by Michael (Technical Supervisor) and George Opsenica (Director, Codeex Maintenance Ltd). General guidance, not a reading of your own report and not legal advice.
Review details
- Michael: electrical guidance within the recorded review scope.
- George Opsenica: service information and presentation.
No single interval is stated here
Plan inspections using the installation’s recommended date, site risk assessment and applicable care or healthcare requirements.
A care home, supported living and a healthcare room can sit under different duties. Tenure, workplace use and any residential letting are not the same regime.
Use the commercial EICR service for quotations and inspection enquiries. Social housing and schools are explained on their own guides.
Separate the questions
| Question | Why it is separate |
|---|---|
| Who occupies it | Residents, tenants and a workplace are not one duty |
| Who owns the installation | A landlord duty and a workplace duty are not interchangeable |
| What is fixed wiring | The EICR covers the fixed installation in the scope |
| What is equipment | Clinical or portable equipment is not described here as the EICR |
| A care home | Plan around residents who stay on site. This row is not an inspection interval. |
| Supported living | Plan access to occupied rooms as people's homes. This row is not a tenancy rule. |
| A healthcare room | Supplies that must stay on have to be named. The EICR is still the fixed installation. |
What to plan before the visit
The useful planning questions are access, who is disturbed if a circuit is isolated, which boards can be opened, and how the visit is coordinated across more than one area.
Tell the electrician which supplies must remain available so a suitable testing and interruption plan can be agreed.
An EICR is about the fixed electrical installation that is in the scope. It is not a test of clinical equipment.
Access
Name who can open boards, cupboards and occupied rooms.
Disruption
Say which residents or services are affected if a circuit is off.
Boards
List the boards and the areas they supply.
Coordination
A site with more than one area needs one person who can sequence the visit.
Documents to have ready
Have the last report, any drawings that show the boards, and a note of supplies that must not be switched off. Those papers describe this building. They do not create an interval.
Use the commercial enquiry
Start with commercial EICR certificates. Social housing is the social-housing article. Schools are a different premises type again.
Give the inspection team a resident-aware brief
Access and continuity arrangements need the input of the person responsible for the occupied site.
Occupied accommodation
Identify rooms in scope and how access can be arranged with residents and site staff.
Essential equipment
Flag medical, assistance, communications or other equipment whose supply needs specific prior discussion.
Site procedures
Explain relevant escort, infection-control and contractor-access arrangements.
Decision-maker
Name the site contact who can agree access, proposed working windows and any required supply arrangements.
Related pages
Plan access before the visit.
No care-home interval is stated on this page.
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