Clinical policies and procedures, written for your hospital, clinic, practice or pharmacy
We write the policies your service needs, from infection control and medicines to chaperoning, consent and pharmacy SOPs, each tied to the law or guidance behind it, and send them in Word and PDF, for £999 + VAT. Or start with the free policy gap audit: check your policies against the ones your service must have, with the law or guidance behind each. For a care home or home care service, see our care policy pack.
Check your policies with the free gap audit, or have us write the pack for your service.
Free policy gap audit Free
Check your policies against the ones a hospital, clinic, GP or dental practice, or pharmacy must have. For each one: the law or guidance behind it, what it should cover, and whether yours is in place, missing or out of date, with its owner and review date.
Not included
The policies themselves
Policies written for your service
Word and PDF policy files
A workbook you fill in yourself, by email.
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Clinical policy pack £999 + VAT
We write the policies a hospital, clinic, GP or dental practice, or pharmacy needs, for your service.
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The policies that apply to your setting
Each one written for your service
Each one tied to the law or guidance behind it
Word and PDF.
Our team will be in touch with follow-up questions to write the pack for your service.
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What each clinical policy covers, and the law or guidance behind it
The free gap audit lists each policy below, for you to check yours against, and with the pack, we write it for your service. Regulation numbers refer to the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2014 unless a card names another law.
Infection prevention and control policy
What it covers
Standard precautions, including hand hygiene and protective equipment
Isolating patients with an infection, and managing outbreaks
Cleaning, disinfecting and decontaminating premises and equipment
Safe handling and disposal of sharps and waste
Who owns the policy, and when you audit and review it
The law and guidance as at 12 November 2026. General information, not legal advice.
CompliantCare · Policy Management
Or keep your policies current, with proof your staff have read them
Your pack arrives in Word and PDF. Policy Management in CompliantCare takes those files in, keeps one current version of every policy and tracks who has read and understood each one, person by person. When a regulation changes, it flags the policies affected, with a redraft ready for you to approve, and when the inspector calls, one click produces the evidence pack.
The Policy Suite plan starts at £149 a month for up to 50 staff, on an annual licence: see CompliantCare pricing.
Clinical policies and procedures: common questions
What policies does a private clinic or hospital need?
In England, a clinic or hospital registered with CQC must meet the fundamental standards in the Regulated Activities Regulations 2014, from consent (regulation 11) and safe care and treatment (regulation 12) to good governance (regulation 17) and the duty of candour (regulation 20), and have regard to the code of practice on infection prevention and control. The Health and Safety (Sharp Instruments in Healthcare) Regulations 2013 add sharps policies and procedures for healthcare employers. Hospitals have more: NHS trusts, and independent hospitals where 10 or more people work, need standard operating procedures for controlled drugs (Controlled Drugs Regulations 2013, regulation 11), and the Resuscitation Council UK's acute care standards ask for an agreed resuscitation policy. The free policy gap audit lists the policies for each area, with the law or guidance behind each, for you to check yours against.
What policies does a GP practice need?
A GP practice registered with CQC in England must meet the same fundamental standards. NHS England's chaperoning principles ask practices to display information about their chaperone policy in waiting areas, consulting rooms and on their website, and the regulator's GP mythbuster says practices should advertise the policy clearly. A practice that provides NHS services must also handle complaints under the NHS complaints regulations, and the Data Security and Protection Toolkit says every organisation with access to NHS patient data and systems must use it. The free policy gap audit covers each, with the law or guidance behind it.
What policies does a dental practice need?
A dental practice registered with CQC in England must meet the same fundamental standards. Where it takes X-rays, it needs written procedures under the Ionising Radiation (Medical Exposure) Regulations 2017 and local rules under the Ionising Radiations Regulations 2017. NHS England's HTM 01-05 covers the decontamination of instruments, the GDC's standards for the dental team ask for valid consent before treatment, and the Resuscitation Council UK sets quality standards for primary dental care. The free policy gap audit covers each, with the law or guidance behind it.
What policies does a pharmacy need?
The GPhC regulates registered pharmacies in Great Britain, and pharmacy owners must meet its standards for registered pharmacies every day. Its inspection framework expects up-to-date SOPs for every service, and regulation 4 of the Responsible Pharmacist Regulations 2008 sets what those procedures must cover, until the GPhC's first rules for responsible pharmacists come into force. It has said it needs to publish its new rules and standards before 10 December 2026. A pharmacy registers with CQC only where it carries on a regulated activity, such as treatment by a doctor or nurse.
What's in the clinical policy pack, and what does it cost?
The policies that apply to your hospital, clinic, practice or pharmacy, each written for your service and tied to the law or guidance behind it, in Word and PDF. It costs £999 + VAT.
How do I get the clinical policy pack?
Enter your work email on the pack's card above. Our team will be in touch with follow-up questions to write the pack for your service.
What's the difference between the free gap audit and the pack?
The free policy gap audit lists the policies a hospital, clinic, GP or dental practice, or pharmacy must have, with the law or guidance behind each and what each should cover, for you to check yours against: in place, missing or out of date, with its owner and review date. It holds no policies. The pack is those policies, written for your service and tied to the law or guidance behind each, in Word and PDF, for £999 + VAT.
Which country's law does the gap audit follow?
England's, for the services CQC registers: the fundamental standards cover regulated activities in England, as does the code of practice on infection prevention and control, which you must have regard to. For pharmacies, the GPhC's standards cover Great Britain, and the Responsible Pharmacist Regulations cover the UK. Health and safety, sharps, radiation and waste law cover Great Britain; fire safety law and the Mental Capacity Act cover England and Wales; the Controlled Drugs Regulations 2013 cover England and Scotland, and the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2001 cover Great Britain; and data protection and food safety law cover the UK. Each policy and area above names its law or guidance and where it applies.
