Healthcare & Social Care
Hospitals, GP practices, care homes, health services and social care providers.
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regulators
Key regulators
These regulatory bodies oversee compliance in this sector:
- GDC Statutory regulator for dentists, dental nurses, dental hygienists, dental therapists, dental technicians, clinical dental technicians, and orthodontic therapists in the …
- GMC Statutory regulator for doctors in the UK. Maintains the medical register, sets standards for medical education and practice, and investigates …
- GOC Statutory regulator for optometrists, dispensing opticians, student opticians, and optical businesses in the UK. Registers individuals and businesses, sets standards, …
- GPhC Statutory regulator for pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, and pharmacy premises in Great Britain. Sets standards for pharmacy education, ethics, and practice. …
- HCPC Statutory regulator for 15 health and care professions including physiotherapists, paramedics, occupational therapists, radiographers, dietitians, biomedical scientists, and others. Maintains …
- HTA Statutory regulator for activities involving human tissue and organs. Licenses establishments that store and use human tissue for purposes including …
- NMC Statutory regulator for nurses, midwives, and nursing associates in the UK. Maintains the professional register, sets education standards, and investigates …
Guided journeys
Step-by-step guides for businesses in this sector:
Healthcare compliance quick check
Quick compliance check for experienced healthcare providers. Covers CQC registration, professional registrations, DBS checks, medicines audit, controlled drugs register, IPC audit, fire risk assessment, DSPT submission, insurance, and policy reviews.
Start journey →Respond to a medicines or controlled drugs incident
What to do when a medicines incident occurs: medication error, controlled drug discrepancy, or CD theft/loss. Covers securing the patient and evidence, internal reporting, statutory notifications to CQC, MHRA Yellow Card, police notification for CD theft, investigation, Accountable Officer responsibilities, and corrective actions.
Start journey →Respond to a CQC investigation or enforcement action
What to do if your healthcare or social care service faces CQC enforcement action. Covers understanding the type and severity of action, immediate response steps, getting legal representation, developing an improvement plan, and the appeal process through the First-tier Tribunal.
Start journey →Starting a social care provider business
Step-by-step guide to starting a social care business — from choosing your regulator through workforce requirements to financial planning.
Start journey →Guidance for healthcare & social care
Sector-Specific
- Running clinical trials in the UK — How to get MHRA authorisation for clinical trials of investigational medicinal products (CTIMPs). Covers combined …
- Healthcare professional registration requirements — Registration requirements with GMC, NMC, GDC, GPhC, and HCPC for healthcare employers and professionals.
- MHRA authorisation for medicines and medical devices — How to obtain MHRA authorisation for medicines and medical devices in the UK. Covers Marketing …
- Register with the Care Quality Commission (CQC) — Complete step-by-step guide to CQC registration for healthcare providers in England, including what activities require …
- Medicines and controlled drugs compliance — Legal requirements for handling, storing and administering medicines including controlled drugs in healthcare settings.
- Safeguarding and mental capacity in healthcare — Legal duties for safeguarding vulnerable adults and making decisions for people who lack mental capacity.
- Medical devices: placing on the GB market — How to comply with the UK Medical Devices Regulations 2002 when placing medical devices on …
- Healthcare and social care regulation (CQC) — CQC registration requirements for health and social care providers in England, including detailed guidance on …
- NHS Data Security and Protection Toolkit compliance — How to complete the NHS Data Security and Protection Toolkit (DSPT) annual self-assessment if you …
- Start a clinical laboratory service — How to set up and operate a clinical laboratory in the UK. Covers UKAS accreditation, …
- Social care registration and regulators — Guide to registering as a social care provider across all four UK nations. Covers CQC …
- Data protection for healthcare providers — How healthcare providers must handle patient data under UK GDPR, including special category health data …
- MHRA licensing for medicines and medical devices — MHRA licensing requirements for manufacturing, distributing, and importing medicines and medical devices in the UK.
- Healthcare premises and equipment requirements — CQC Regulation 15 premises and equipment requirements, radiation protection under IRR 2017, healthcare ventilation, medical …
- Healthcare regulation across the UK nations — Comparison reference for healthcare regulation in England (CQC), Scotland (HIS and Care Inspectorate), Wales (HIW …
- Clinical governance and quality improvement — Clinical governance framework for healthcare providers covering patient safety culture, clinical audit, incident investigation, duty …
- Healthcare provider annual compliance checklist — Annual checklist of recurring compliance obligations for CQC-registered healthcare providers covering registration, workforce, clinical governance, …
- Infection prevention and control for healthcare providers — How to meet infection prevention and control (IPC) requirements under the Health and Social Care …
- AI medical device compliance — MHRA requirements for AI as a Medical Device (AIaMD) and Software as a Medical Device …
- Post-market surveillance for medical devices — How to establish and maintain a post-market surveillance system for medical devices on the GB …
- Report a medical device safety incident to MHRA — Step-by-step guide to reporting serious medical device incidents to MHRA via the MORE portal. Covers …
- Classify your medical device for the GB market — How to classify your medical device under the UK Medical Devices Regulations 2002. Covers Class …
- Placing medical devices on the Northern Ireland market — How to comply with the Northern Ireland medical device regime under the Windsor Framework. Covers …
- Software and AI as medical devices (SaMD/AIaMD) — How MHRA regulates software and AI-powered medical devices. Covers the SaMD definition and boundary guidance, …
- Social care workforce qualifications and staffing — Workforce requirements for social care providers across the UK. Covers the Care Certificate and qualifications …
- Social care business planning and insurance — Business planning essentials for social care providers. Covers insurance requirements, Care Act 2014 obligations in …
- Medical device compliance checklist — Verification checklist for medical device manufacturers and UK Responsible Persons. Covers device classification, conformity assessment, …
- UKCA and CE marking for medical devices — How to choose between UKCA and CE marking for your medical device on the GB …
- Choosing a UK Approved Body for medical devices — How to select and engage a UK Approved Body for conformity assessment of your medical …
Premises & Operations
- Lighting requirements for business premises — Key lighting requirements for business premises, covering workplace lighting standards under the Workplace Regulations 1992, …
Compliance & Legal
- Maintain fire safety equipment — How to maintain fire extinguishers, fire alarms, emergency lighting, and fire doors to comply with …
- Fire door inspections and building safety duties — Your legal duties for fire door inspections and building safety under the Fire Safety Act …
- Create fire safety communications for residents — How to meet your legal duty to provide fire safety information to residents under Regulation …
- Respond to fire safety enforcement action — What to do if you receive an enforcement notice, prohibition notice, or alterations notice from …
- Fire safety requirements for high-rise residential buildings — Your legal duties under the Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022 if you manage a high-rise …
- How to conduct a fire risk assessment — A step-by-step guide to conducting a fire risk assessment for your business premises. Covers who …
- Fire safety guide for residential building managers — A practical guide for day-to-day building managers on fire safety duties in residential buildings. Covers …
- Identify the responsible person for fire safety in your building — How to determine who is legally responsible for fire safety under the Regulatory Reform (Fire …
- Fire safety duties for landlords of residential properties — Your legal duties as a landlord to protect tenants from fire. Covers smoke and carbon …
- Comply with fire safety law as the responsible person — Your legal duties as a responsible person under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005. …
- External wall fire safety assessment - what you need to know — Your legal duties for assessing external wall fire safety in multi-occupied residential buildings. Covers Fire …
- Establish emergency procedures for your workplace — Your legal duties under MHSWR 1999 Regulations 8-9 to establish procedures for serious and imminent …
- Meet fire safety requirements for your business premises — How to comply with fire safety law for your business premises. Covers who is the …
- Gender pay gap reporting — Mandatory gender pay gap reporting for large employers and transparency obligations.
- Protect new and expectant mothers at work — Your legal duties under Regulations 16-18 of the Management of Health and Safety at Work …
- Health surveillance at work — When health surveillance is legally required at work and how to set it up. Covers …
- Equality and menopause action plans for large employers — Requirements for mandatory gender pay gap action plans and menopause support action plans for employers …
- Using AI in recruitment and HR — Compliance requirements when using AI for recruitment, screening, and HR decisions. Covers equality law risks, …
- AI bias and equality law — How the Equality Act 2010 applies to AI systems and what businesses must do to …
- Assess your AI compliance obligations — Step-by-step guide to assessing what AI compliance obligations apply to your business. Covers inventorying AI …
- AI compliance checklist — Quick verification checklist covering all major AI compliance obligations. Use this checklist to confirm your …
- Checklist for protecting new and expectant mothers — Compliance checklist for employers when an employee is pregnant, has recently given birth, or is …
- Professional registrations: regulated sectors — Which business sectors require professional or regulator registration before trading, what the registration process involves, …
Employment & HR
- DBS checks for employers — When and how to request Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks for employees. Includes check …
- The complete employment lifecycle: employer responsibilities from hire to exit — A comprehensive guide to employer responsibilities across every stage of the employment relationship, from lawful …
- Equality Act 2010 employer compliance — Your legal duties under the Equality Act 2010 including protected characteristics, discrimination types, reasonable adjustments, …
- Settlement agreements — How to use settlement agreements to resolve employment disputes. Covers legal requirements, tax treatment of …
- Preventing workplace harassment: employer duties — How to comply with strengthened harassment prevention duties from October 2026, including third-party harassment liability …
- Preventing discrimination at work — Your duties under the Equality Act 2010 to prevent workplace discrimination. Covers the nine protected …
- Mandatory hiring requirements — Every employer obligation from pre-hire through the first month of employment. Covers right to work …
- Prevent sexual harassment in the workplace — Your legal duty to take reasonable steps to prevent sexual harassment at work, effective from …