Every year, thousands of people in England are unlawfully denied social care support they are legally entitled to under the Care Act 2014 — not because they don't qualify, but because they don't know their rights and can't afford legal advice.
CareCheck is a free, rules-based triage and eligibility tool built for pro bono charities like Access Social Care. It guides citizens through the Care Act's three-limb eligibility test in plain English, produces an instant Red/Amber/Green triage result, and generates formal legal letters to local councils — all in under five minutes, with no login required.
The citizen side is entirely public. A person answers eight guided questions about their condition, daily activities, and wellbeing impact. The tool evaluates their answers against the national eligibility criteria under the Care and Support (Eligibility Criteria) Regulations 2014 and produces a plain-English result explaining what it found and what to do next. They can then generate one of four AI-drafted letters — a Care Needs Assessment request, a challenge to a refusal, a Carer's Assessment request, or a personal summary — with optional evidence attachment for refusal challenges.
The adviser side is a full case management dashboard. Advisers see a prioritised queue of submissions with triage bands, can add notes, override bands with documented reasons, track case status, and generate their own letters. A super-admin can create and manage adviser accounts directly from the app.
Citizens choose whether to stay anonymous (default) or share contact details. Anonymous citizens receive a case reference number (CC-XXXXXX) they can quote if they call in. All letters are generated by Gemini 2.5 Flash using legally precise prompts written to mirror the statutory language of the Care Act — with no markdown formatting, no asterisks, no fabricated facts.
Built in three days as a speculative MVP using Lovable, Supabase, and the Gemini API. No prior codebase. No technical co-founder.