CQC Toolkit · GP practices
CQC audit templates for GP practices.
Free CQC audits and checklists for general practice: high-risk drug monitoring searches, vaccine fridge and cold chain logs, safety alerts, test results and referrals tracking, cervical screening sample tracking and emergency drugs. Built from CQC GP mythbusters, NHS England, NICE, UKHSA and MHRA guidance. Run any of them free online and download a PDF report, print a blank form or download it as Word.
21 templates, 137 checks
Specific to GP practices
From Resuscitation Council UK (charity) · official toolVaccine fridge and cold chain logMedicines optimisation
From UKHSA (GOV.UK) · official toolHigh-risk drug monitoring searchMedicines optimisation
From CQC, MHRASafety alerts logLearning culture
From MHRA · official toolTest results and referrals trackingSafe systems, pathways and transitions
From CQCCervical screening sample trackingMonitoring and improving outcomes
From CQCSharps safety checkSafe environments
From HSE
For every regulated service
From CQC, NHS Employers, Home Office (GOV.UK) · official toolTraining matrix reviewSafe and effective staffing
From CQCSupervision and appraisal record checkWorkforce wellbeing and enablement
From Skills for Care (charity), CQCIncident and learning reviewLearning culture
From NHS England · official toolDuty of candour checkLearning culture
From CQCComplaints handling reviewListening to and involving people
From Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman · official toolStatutory notifications checkGovernance, management and sustainability
From CQC · official toolStatement of purpose checkGovernance, management and sustainability
From CQC · official toolFreedom to speak up checkFreedom to speak up
From NHS England · official toolFire safety checksSafe environments
From GOV.UKHealth and safety risk assessment reviewSafe environments
From HSE · official toolStandard infection control precautions auditInfection prevention and control
From NHS England · official toolData security and protection checkGovernance, management and sustainability
From NHS England · official toolConsent and mental capacity auditConsent to care and treatment
From GOV.UK
Templates summarise official guidance as of October 2026. They do not replace it: always check the linked source for the full requirements. Audit Angel CQC is not affiliated with the Care Quality Commission.
Know your gaps before the inspector does.
Set-up takes ten minutes. Start with example evidence for your type of service, run your first audit, then replace the examples with your own.