CQC Toolkit · Independent clinics
CQC audit templates for independent clinics and aesthetics.
Free CQC audits and checklists for independent healthcare and aesthetic clinics: cosmetic consent audit, visiting clinicians (practising privileges) file review, complications and outcomes, emergency equipment and anaphylaxis, and advertising. Built from CQC, GMC and other official guidance. Run any of them free online and download a PDF report, print a blank form or download it as Word.
23 templates, 147 checks
Specific to independent clinics and aesthetics providers
From UKHSA (GOV.UK) · official toolSafety alerts logLearning culture
From MHRA · official toolTest results and referrals trackingSafe systems, pathways and transitions
From CQCSharps safety checkSafe environments
From HSECosmetic consent auditConsent to care and treatment
From GMCVisiting clinicians file reviewSafe and effective staffing
From CQC, NHS EmployersComplications and outcomes reviewMonitoring and improving outcomes
From GMCEmergency equipment and anaphylaxis checkSafe environments
From Resuscitation Council UK (charity) · official toolAdvertising and information reviewProviding information
From Advertising Standards Authority, GMC
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.