Best practice
Medicines information for adult social care services
Learning from safety incidents
Training staff to support autistic people and people with a learning disability
Trusted Assessors (this document is under review)
Trusted Assessors: Supplemental coronavirus (COVID-19) guidance (this document is under review)
Further guidance on inspection and monitoring
In addition to our cross-sector guidance (see Information for all providers), the following guidance is relevant to adult social care services.
Infection prevention and control in care homes (this page is under review)
Infection prevention and control in supported living services and Extra Care housing (this page is under review)
How we regulate providers supporting autistic people and people with a learning disability
Provider information return (PIR)
Mental Capacity Act (this page is under review)
Enforcement (this page is under review)
Special measures (this page is under review)
Services repeatedly rated requires improvement (this page is under review)
Equality, diversity and human rights
Relationships and sexuality in adult social care services
Relationships and sexuality in adult social care services: Easy read
Information, records and technology
Digital records in adult social care
Find out if you need consent to use technology as part of someone's care
Standards for handling personal information
Working with CQC
How to get the most out of inspection
How we work with providers at corporate level
Market oversight: our oversight of the adult social care market
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Legacy guidance
For reference, guidance about our old regulatory approach is available on the National Archives.
How we monitor, inspect and regulate adult social care services (pre-2024 approach)