About the consultant

David Mernissi Lopes Da Silva is an experienced health and social care professional, consultant and qualified educator with over 16 years of experience across residential care, supported living and domiciliary care.

His professional background includes managing a CQC-rated Outstanding care service and working with the Care Quality Commission (CQC) . This provides him with a valuable combination of operational leadership experience, regulatory expertise and first-hand insight into the challenges facing care providers.

David holds a Level 5 Diploma in Leadership and Management in Adult Care, a Level 7 diploma in Health and Social Care, an MSc in Healthcare Management and a Level 5 Diploma in Education and Training (DET). His teaching qualification complements his extensive sector experience, enabling him to design, deliver and assess engaging, effective training that translates theory into everyday practice.

Through Silva Training & Consultancy, David specialises in regulatory compliance, mock CQC inspections, quality assurance, governance audits, medicines management, Nominated Individual oversight, Registered Manager support and workforce development.

Combining regulatory knowledge, operational experience and recognised teaching credentials, David delivers practical, evidence-informed consultancy and training tailored to the needs of individual organisations.

His approach is collaborative, supportive and improvement-focused, helping providers strengthen leadership, develop workforce competence, improve governance and achieve sustainable improvements in care quality and safety.

David is passionate about bridging the gap between regulatory expectations and frontline practice, ensuring improvements deliver meaningful outcomes for both care professionals and the people they support.