Check Your CQC Policy Compliance — Free Checker for UK GP Practices
Tick off the policies CQC inspectors expect at a GP, dental, or primary care service. Get a compliance score, see which key question each gap maps to, and export as CSV.
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Compliance score reflects coverage of policies CQC inspectors expect at GP / dental / primary care services. It does not assess content quality or whether policies are reviewed within stated timeframes — both are part of Regulation 17 governance.
Safeguarding Adults Policy
Safeguarding Children Policy
Chaperone Policy
Mental Capacity Act and DoLS Policy
Infection Prevention and Control Policy
Cleaning Schedules and Decontamination Policy
Prescribing Policy (including repeat and high-risk drugs)
Medicines Storage and Security Policy
Vaccine Management / Cold Chain Policy
Recruitment Policy (DBS, references, right-to-work)
Staff Induction Policy (including locums)
Training and Continuing Professional Development Policy
Data Protection and Confidentiality Policy
Information Security Policy
Subject Access Request Procedure
Data Breach Response Plan
Complaints Policy
Significant Event Analysis (SEA) Policy
Duty of Candour Policy
Health and Safety Policy
Business Continuity Plan
Emergency Drugs and Equipment Policy
Clinical Audit Policy
Consent Policy
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How to Use This Checker
Tick each policy your GP, dental, or primary care service has in place. The progress bar shows your CQC compliance score across the 24 policies inspectors expect to find at a primary care service. When you have worked through the list, click “Show assessment” to see which policies are missing and which of CQC’s five key questions each gap maps to.
Filter by category to focus on specific regulation areas: Safeguarding (Reg 13), Infection Prevention & Control (Reg 12), Medicines Management (Reg 12), Staffing & Recruitment (Reg 19), Information Governance (Reg 17), Complaints (Reg 16), Health & Safety, and Clinical Governance. Add notes for your own records and export the full checklist as CSV.
How the Five Key Questions Map to Policies
CQC inspectors assess GP practices against five key questions: Safe, Effective, Caring, Responsive, and Well-led. Policies do not sit only under Well-led — although that is where governance lives. Each policy evidences one of the key questions. A safeguarding policy evidences Safe. A complaints policy evidences Responsive. A consent policy evidences Effective. The duty of candour policy evidences Caring. The Regulation 17 governance system that holds them all together evidences Well-led.
For more on how Regulation 17 works in practice and what inspectors actually check, see CQC Policy Requirements: What Inspectors Actually Check.
What This Tool Does Not Tell You
The checker confirms coverage — whether each expected policy exists. It does not assess whether your policies are current (last reviewed within stated cadence), approved (with an evidenced approval record), or known (staff aware of current versions). All three are part of Regulation 17 governance and all three are tested at inspection — by an inspector following a thread from a key question into the policy and the staff who follow it.
For review-cycle guidance across CQC, Ofsted, the Charity Commission, and council audit, see How Often Should Policies Be Reviewed? UK Guide for Regulated Organisations.
Methodology and Sources
The 24 policy categories are derived from CQC published inspection guidance for GP practices and from the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2014. Each policy is mapped to the primary regulation that requires it, plus any secondary regulations or published guidance referenced by inspectors:
- CQC Regulation 17 — Good governance
- CQC — How we monitor GP practices (the five key questions)
- Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2014
Last updated: April 2026. Reflects regulations and CQC guidance as published. Always check the latest CQC guidance for changes between updates.
This tool provides general guidance for UK organisations. It is not legal advice. Always check the specific requirements of your regulator.