CQC audits
CQC audits, built around how CQC assesses care
Regular, structured audits are how good providers find problems before CQC does. MyCareCompliance gives you a complete CQC audit programme — scheduled, evidenced and turned into improvement actions — without a spreadsheet in sight.
Last reviewed: September 2026. This guidance reflects CQC information available at the date above — always refer to cqc.org.uk for current regulatory requirements.
What the audits cover
The library covers the areas CQC and commissioners expect you to audit: medication, care planning, safeguarding, infection prevention and control, incidents, governance, premises and health and safety, and the full workforce file — 51 audit templates with 414 individual checks.
- Every check mapped to a regulation, key question and quality statement
- Rated question by question, so you can see exactly what drives a score
- Evidence attached at the point of assessment, dated and kept in history
- A monthly, quarterly and annual programme scheduled automatically for you
From audit finding to completed action
An audit that produces no change is just paperwork. In MyCareCompliance, every finding can become a tracked action with a priority, an owner and a target date — critical actions within 7 days, high within 14 — and the person responsible is notified automatically. Managers see progress on the dashboard until the action is closed with evidence attached.
A schedule that fits your service
Audits are weighted so the highest-risk areas are checked most often: monthly for medication, safeguarding and care planning; quarterly for the wider quality programme; and annual or ad hoc audits where a lower frequency is appropriate. Reminders arrive before audits fall due, and your dashboard flags anything overdue.
Mock inspections from the same evidence
Because your audits, evidence and actions live in one system, a mock inspection draws on your real record rather than a one-off snapshot. Set an inspection window, work the readiness plan, and see an indicative position across the five key questions before CQC forms its own view.
See it with your own service
Book a free demonstration and we will walk through the platform using scenarios from a service like yours.
