Best practice
Brief guides for inspection teams
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 NHS trusts.
Guidance for NHS trusts and foundation trusts on assessing the well-led key question
Training staff to support autistic people and people with a learning disability
Cannabis-based medicinal products
Fit and proper persons requirement: directors
How we work with national partners (this page is under review)
How we work with local and regional partners, and the public (this page is under review)
Core services (this page is under review)
Additional services (this page is under review)
Mental Capacity Act and Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards
Ionising radiation
Ionising Radiation (Medical Exposure) Regulations (IR(ME)R)
Controlled drugs
Mental Health Act
Second opinion appointed doctors (SOADs)
Equality, diversity and human rights
Brief guide: Patient and carer race equality framework (PCREF)
This guide sets out what our inspectors and Mental Health Act reviewers look at when checking how providers implement the Patient and carer race equality framework (PCREF).
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 NHS trusts (pre-2024 approach)