Best practice
Training staff to support autistic people and people with a learning disability
Further guidance on inspection and monitoring
In addition to our cross-sector guidance (see Information for all providers), the following guidance is relevant to independent healthcare services.
CQC Insight (under review)
Fit and proper persons requirement: directors
How we work with national partners (under review)
How we work with local and regional partners and the public (under review)
Mental Capacity Act and Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards
How we take accreditation schemes into account
Service inspections (under review)
Independent acute hospitals: inspection frameworks (under review)
Independent ambulance services: inspection frameworks (under review)
Ionising radiation
Controlled drugs
Equality, diversity and human rights
Working with CQC
How we work with providers at corporate level
Use the CQC logo or promote your rating
Legacy guidance
For reference, guidance about our old regulatory approach is available on the National Archives.
How we monitor, inspect and regulate independent healthcare services (pre-2024 approach)