CQC Toolkit · Home care
CQC audit templates for home care agencies.
Free CQC audits and checklists for domiciliary care: missed and late calls, medicines support, care worker spot checks, continuity of care, lone working, care plans and sponsor licence duties. Community adult social care often gets short notice of an inspection, so keep these in date all year. Run any of them free online and download a PDF report, print a blank form or download it as Word.
23 templates, 151 checks
Specific to home care agencies
From Skills for Care (charity)Falls reviewInvolving people to manage risks
From NICE · official toolPressure ulcer prevention reviewInvolving people to manage risks
From NICEVisit times and missed calls reviewCare provision, integration and continuity
From NICE · official toolMedicines support reviewMedicines optimisation
From NICE · official toolCare worker observation of practiceSafe and effective staffing
From NICE, Skills for Care (charity)Continuity of care reviewCare provision, integration and continuity
From NICELone working checkWorkforce wellbeing and enablement
From HSE · official toolSponsor licence duties check (if you sponsor workers)Governance, management and sustainability
From Home Office (GOV.UK) · official tool
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.