NHS GP practices
CQC registration, compliance and inspection support available.
Service guidance
Review registration scope, clinical governance, safeguarding, prescribing, referrals, results and practice leadership.
Official CQC guidance: CQC service types →
Detailed CQC support for this service is covered under Private GP where the stated service model and regulated activities apply.
View detailed CQC guidance →Private GP
CQC registration, compliance and inspection support available.
Service guidance
Review consultation records, prescribing, test results, referrals, safeguarding and clinical governance.
View detailed support →Mobile and home-visiting doctors
CQC registration, compliance and inspection support available.
Service guidance
Review remote/mobile clinical governance, lone working, records, medicines, escalation and continuity of care.
View detailed support →Out-of-hours GP
CQC registration, compliance and inspection support available.
Service guidance
Review triage, escalation, prescribing, urgent referrals, handovers and continuity with the patient’s usual care.
Official CQC guidance: CQC service types →
Detailed CQC support for this service is covered under Mobile and home-visiting doctors where the stated service model and regulated activities apply.
View detailed CQC guidance →Online medical and telehealth
CQC registration, compliance and inspection support available.
Service guidance
Review identity checks, remote assessment, prescribing safeguards, records, escalation and continuity arrangements.
View detailed support →Dental clinics
CQC registration, compliance and inspection support available.
Service guidance
Review consent, treatment planning, decontamination, equipment, emergency readiness and clinical governance.
View detailed support →Online pharmacies
CQC registration, compliance and inspection support available.
Service guidance
Clarify pharmacy versus regulated clinical activity and review prescribing, identity checks, medicines governance and follow-up.
Official CQC guidance: CQC scope of registration →
Discuss this service →Aesthetic and cosmetic clinics
CQC registration, compliance and inspection support available.
Service guidance
Confirm whether regulated activities apply and review consent, suitability, infection control, competence and aftercare.
Official CQC guidance: CQC regulated activity: Treatment of disease, disorder or injury →
Discuss this service →Hair transplants
CQC registration, compliance and inspection support available.
Service guidance
Review surgical scope, consent, infection prevention, medicines, emergency arrangements and postoperative follow-up.
Official CQC guidance: CQC regulated activity: Surgical procedures →
Discuss this service →Weight-management clinics
CQC registration, compliance and inspection support available.
Service guidance
Review assessment, prescribing, monitoring, adverse effects, escalation and continuity of care.
Official CQC guidance: CQC regulated activity: Services in slimming clinics →
Discuss this service →Ultrasound and pregnancy scans
CQC registration, compliance and inspection support available.
Service guidance
Review scope of diagnostic activity, consent, competence, safeguarding, reporting and referral pathways.
Official CQC guidance: CQC regulated activity: Diagnostic and screening procedures →
Detailed CQC support for this service is covered under Community diagnostic centres where the stated service model and regulated activities apply.
View detailed CQC guidance →Diagnostic imaging
CQC registration, compliance and inspection support available.
Service guidance
Review modality scope, clinical justification, reporting, equipment governance, referrals and escalation of significant findings.
Official CQC guidance: CQC regulated activity: Diagnostic and screening procedures →
Detailed CQC support for this service is covered under Community diagnostic centres where the stated service model and regulated activities apply.
View detailed CQC guidance →Blood testing and phlebotomy
CQC registration, compliance and inspection support available.
Service guidance
Review consent, patient identification, sample handling, results governance, infection prevention and escalation.
Official CQC guidance: CQC regulated activity: Diagnostic and screening procedures →
Detailed CQC support for this service is covered under Community diagnostic centres where the stated service model and regulated activities apply.
View detailed CQC guidance →Health screening
CQC registration, compliance and inspection support available.
Service guidance
Review test selection, consent, interpretation, abnormal-result pathways, referrals and clinical governance.
Official CQC guidance: CQC regulated activity: Diagnostic and screening procedures →
Detailed CQC support for this service is covered under Community diagnostic centres where the stated service model and regulated activities apply.
View detailed CQC guidance →Ear wax removal
CQC registration, compliance and inspection support available.
Service guidance
Review assessment, consent, contraindications, infection control, equipment, competence and referral pathways.
Official CQC guidance: CQC regulated activity: Treatment of disease, disorder or injury →
Discuss this service →ENT clinics
CQC registration, compliance and inspection support available.
Service guidance
Review clinical assessment, diagnostics, procedures, consent, medicines, equipment and referral/escalation arrangements.
Official CQC guidance: CQC service types →
Discuss this service →Menopause and HRT
CQC registration, compliance and inspection support available.
Service guidance
Review assessment, prescribing, contraindications, monitoring, follow-up and shared-care arrangements.
Official CQC guidance: CQC service types →
Discuss this service →Men’s health and TRT
CQC registration, compliance and inspection support available.
Service guidance
Review diagnosis, prescribing, laboratory monitoring, contraindications, follow-up and governance.
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Discuss this service →IV therapy
CQC registration, compliance and inspection support available.
Service guidance
Confirm regulatory scope and review patient suitability, prescribing, infection control, emergency response and aftercare.
Official CQC guidance: CQC regulated activity: Treatment of disease, disorder or injury →
Discuss this service →Psychiatry
CQC registration, compliance and inspection support available.
Service guidance
Review assessment, risk, consent, prescribing, safeguarding, crisis response and multidisciplinary coordination.
Official CQC guidance: CQC regulated activity: Treatment of disease, disorder or injury →
Discuss this service →Travel vaccinations
CQC registration, compliance and inspection support available.
Service guidance
Review clinical assessment, vaccine storage, PGD/PSD use, consent, anaphylaxis readiness and record keeping.
Official CQC guidance: CQC regulated activity: Treatment of disease, disorder or injury →
Discuss this service →Dermatology
CQC registration, compliance and inspection support available.
Service guidance
Review assessment, diagnosis, procedures, prescribing, consent, pathology/referral pathways and follow-up.
Official CQC guidance: CQC service types →
Discuss this service →Ophthalmology
CQC registration, compliance and inspection support available.
Service guidance
Review clinical assessment, diagnostics, procedures, consent, equipment, medicines and referral/escalation.
Official CQC guidance: CQC regulated activity: Treatment of disease, disorder or injury →
Discuss this service →Sexual health
CQC registration, compliance and inspection support available.
Service guidance
Review confidentiality, consent, safeguarding, testing, treatment, partner notification and referral pathways.
Official CQC guidance: CQC regulated activity: Treatment of disease, disorder or injury →
Discuss this service →Gynaecology
CQC registration, compliance and inspection support available.
Service guidance
Review assessment, consent, intimate examinations, procedures, diagnostics, safeguarding and referral pathways.
Official CQC guidance: CQC regulated activity: Treatment of disease, disorder or injury →
Discuss this service →Private ambulances
CQC registration, compliance and inspection support available.
Service guidance
Review regulated activity scope, crew competence, medicines, equipment, emergency procedures and governance.
View detailed support →Patient transport
CQC registration, compliance and inspection support available.
Service guidance
Clarify regulated versus non-regulated transport activity and review eligibility, safeguarding, staffing and transfer arrangements.
Official CQC guidance: CQC ambulance service registration guidance →
Detailed CQC support for this service is covered under Private ambulances where the stated service model and regulated activities apply.
View detailed CQC guidance →Walk-in clinics
CQC registration, compliance and inspection support available.
Service guidance
Review treatment scope, triage, clinical assessment, prescribing, safeguarding, referrals, escalation and continuity of care.
Official CQC guidance: Treatment of disease, disorder or injury →
Official CQC guidance: CQC service types →
Discuss this service →Occupational health clinics
CQC registration, compliance and inspection support available.
Service guidance
Clarify which activities fall within CQC scope and review clinical governance, screening, records, consent, referrals and escalation.
Official CQC guidance: Scope of registration →
Official CQC guidance: CQC service types →
Discuss this service →Community diagnostic centres
CQC registration, compliance and inspection support available.
Service guidance
Review diagnostic scope, referral pathways, consent, reporting, equipment governance, significant findings and clinical escalation.
Official CQC guidance: Diagnostic and screening procedures →
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