Care policies and procedures,
written CQC-ready in minutes.
Service-specific policies and procedures for care homes, domiciliary care and supported living — drafted, quality-reviewed against CQC's standards, and kept audit-ready, in plain British English.
Free to start · No card required · British English
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Built by a CQC-registered care provider.
What are care policies and procedures?
Every CQC-registered provider needs a complete set of care policies and procedures — the documents that show inspectors, staff and the people you support how your service keeps care safe, lawful and person-centred.
Policy vs procedure
A policy sets out what your service does and why — its position, principles and who is responsible. A procedure is the step-by-step of how it is carried out in practice. CQC-registered providers need both: clear policies and the procedures that put them into action.
Why CQC requires them
Under the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2014, providers must have arrangements that meet the fundamental standards. Inspectors look for policies and procedures that are specific to your service, current, and understood by staff — not generic templates lifted from elsewhere.
How often to review them
Care policies and procedures should be reviewed at least annually, and whenever the law, statutory guidance or your own practice changes. Out-of-date documents are a common inspection finding — a clear review date and version history keep you covered.
What good looks like
A good policy is tailored to your setting and the people you support, written in plain British English, version-controlled with a clear approval and review date, and evidenced as read by the staff who rely on it.
Policies shouldn't eat your weekends
Keeping a care service's policies current, specific and inspection-ready is relentless. Most teams do it the hard way:
- Generic templates that don’t fit your service
- Hours of editing to make them usable
- Audit anxiety — are they even compliant?
- Version chaos across folders and inboxes
From nothing to inspection-ready in three steps
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Tell us about your service
Connect your CQC details or enter them once — the engine learns your provider, managers and contacts.
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The compliance engine drafts it
A full, service-specific policy is written and quality-reviewed against CQC’s standards — scored, with issues flagged.
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Edit, approve, assign
Fill any blanks, approve the version, and assign it to staff to read — with a comprehension check.
A complete library of care policies and procedures
Generate any policy your service needs — from safeguarding to medication to end-of-life care — plus the employment policies that keep your workforce compliant. Two one-click starter packs get you covered fast: the CQC Starter Pack and the HR Starter Pack.
Core Care & Safety
- Safeguarding Policy
- Mental Capacity Policy
- Consent to Care and Treatment Policy
- Person-Centred Care Planning Policy
- Medication Management Policy
- Infection Control Policy
- Falls Prevention Policy
- Moving and Handling Policy
- Nutrition and Hydration Policy
- End of Life Care Policy
- Dignity and Respect Policy
Workforce & HR
- Recruitment Policy
- Training and Development Policy
- Supervision and Appraisal Policy
- Lone Working Policy
- Whistleblowing Policy
- Equality and Diversity Policy
Governance & Compliance
- Complaints Policy
- Duty of Candour Policy
- Confidentiality and Data Protection Policy
- Record Keeping Policy
- Health and Safety Policy
- Quality Assurance Policy
- Risk Management Policy
- Governance Policy
- Reportable Incidents Policy
Employment & HR
- Remote Working Policy
- Hybrid Working Policy
- Flexible Working Policy
- Annual Leave Policy
- Sickness Absence Policy
- Parental Leave Policy
- Disciplinary Policy
- Grievance Policy
- Performance Management Policy
- Diversity and Inclusion Policy
- Mental Health and Wellbeing Policy
- Anti-Harassment Policy
- Data Protection Policy
- IT Security Policy
- Social Media Policy
Care home and residential care policies and procedures
Residential and nursing homes carry the full weight of the fundamental standards — safeguarding, medication, moving and handling, nutrition and end-of-life care. PolicyGuardian tailors each policy to your home, so it reflects how you actually deliver care.
Start freeDomiciliary and home care policies and procedures
Home care brings its own risks — lone working, medication in the community, and staff who rarely share an office. Your policies and procedures are written for a distributed workforce and the realities of care in someone’s own home.
Start freeSupported living policies and procedures
Supported living balances independence with duty of care — tenancy rights, mental capacity and person-centred support. PolicyGuardian frames each policy around promoting choice while keeping people safe.
Start freeEverything you need to stay audit-ready
CQC-aligned drafting
Every policy tailored to your service and checked against CQC’s fundamental standards.
Built-in quality review
A score and a plain-English review — legal compliance, completeness, specificity, actionability.
Version control + audit trail
Immutable, chained versions with approval dates and a full history for inspectors.
Staff read-tracking + quiz
Assign reading, see who’s read what, and confirm understanding with a short quiz.
HR & employment policies too
The same drafting, review and version control for HR and employment policies — one place for your whole compliance library.
We file these policies too
PolicyGuardian is built inside a real, CQC-registered care service — not by a software company guessing at the sector. Every feature comes from the day-to-day of running compliant care, so the policies read like a manager wrote them, because one did.
Aligned to CQC standards
Written and reviewed against the fundamental standards and Quality Statements.
British English throughout
Every policy and screen, normalised to UK spelling and terminology.
Your data stays private
Scoped to your organisation with role-based access — staff see only what they should.
Immutable version history
Chained, dated versions and a full audit trail an inspector can follow.
Simple pricing, free to start
Start free, upgrade when it earns its place.
Starter
Try it on your first policies.
Freeto start
- One service
- Core generation + quality review
- Single user
- British English
Professional
For a running care service.
£—/month
- Unlimited policies
- Starter packs (CQC + HR)
- Version control + audit trail
- Word & PDF export
- Staff read-tracking + quizzes
- Up to — team members
Group
Multiple services, one place.
£—/month
- Everything in Professional
- Multiple services / sites
- Multiple admins & coordinators
- Priority support
Prices shown are placeholders pending confirmation.
Questions, answered
Policies are written and reviewed against CQC’s fundamental standards and Quality Statements, in British English. You always review and approve before use.
Get inspection-ready this week
Draft your first CQC-ready policy in minutes. Free to start, no card required.
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