No character limit on care planning! Care plans are not exhaustive and some residents require complex and detailed care plans and this cannot be achieved with a character limit
Guest
Jan 8, 2026
I’m having an issue when adding information to a person’s care plan. The medical section reached the 10,000‑character limit, so I created an additional section — but that one is now full as well. This makes it difficult to record all the necessary medical details.
Could you please look into increasing the character limit or providing an alternative way to store larger amounts of information within the care plan?
There is difficulty updating residents' care plans based on the character restriction of 10,000. This need to be removed as the ability to input fully detailed, person-centred care plans, especially for residents with complex behavioural, medical, or cognitive needs is now very impossible to achieve. Staff may be forced to omit valuable behavioural history, communication styles, trauma-informed approaches, or detailed best interest rationales due to space limits. Under the Mental Capacity Act (2005) and Care Act (2014), providers are required to demonstrate how and why certain decisions are made in a resident’s best interest — often requiring lengthy narrative explanations
I’m having an issue when adding information to a person’s care plan. The medical section reached the 10,000‑character limit, so I created an additional section — but that one is now full as well. This makes it difficult to record all the necessary medical details.
Could you please look into increasing the character limit or providing an alternative way to store larger amounts of information within the care plan?
There is difficulty updating residents' care plans based on the character restriction of 10,000. This need to be removed as the ability to input fully detailed, person-centred care plans, especially for residents with complex behavioural, medical, or cognitive needs is now very impossible to achieve. Staff may be forced to omit valuable behavioural history, communication styles, trauma-informed approaches, or detailed best interest rationales due to space limits. Under the Mental Capacity Act (2005) and Care Act (2014), providers are required to demonstrate how and why certain decisions are made in a resident’s best interest — often requiring lengthy narrative explanations