Run Audits With Confidence When QCS is part of the team
Supporting CQC Quality Statements and Fundamental Standards, QCS helps create a consistent audit trail that demonstrates continuous improvement across every service.
“If the CQC called tomorrow, would I trust that I’d done everything right?”
Our CQC audit software helps you stay on top of what’s happening across your service, build action plans, and keep everything in one place.
Replace your scattered paperwork with simple templates signposting exactly what inspectors are looking for. Stay organised, catch risks early, and maintain consistency across every service, no matter how many locations you manage.
So, when the CQC calls, you’re ready to show exactly what’s been done. Clearly, confidently, and without the last-minute scramble.
Run audits with confidence
Save time across your services: Simplify audits so managers can spend less time on admin and more time providing quality care.
One audit standard across every site: Our care home audit software brings consistency across all sites, with the same CQC-ready templates.
Lyra, the voice of 100 experts: Ask Lyra questions about your audits and find answers faster.
Use Lyra alongside Audit Centre to quickly interpret policies and audit requirements without leaving the QCS platform: https://www.qcs.co.uk/lyra/
Easily see performance: Use dashboards to spot risks early, compare performance between services, and clearly show what’s been done when regulators ask.
Easy access, any location: QCS works seamlessly across locations on both mobile and desktop.
QCS: Your Operational Backbone
“Thank goodness for QCS!”
At Care Show London 2024, domiciliary care providers shared how tools like our CQC audit software help them stay organised, maintain consistency, and provide the evidence they need to stand up to scrutiny.
Watch the video to hear their stories.
Explore QCS Audit Centre in Action
Track audits, inspections and action plans across your services in a single dashboard, so you always know what’s happening, what’s outstanding and where attention is needed.
Create custom templates that work for you, so every audit fits your service while still meeting what inspectors expect.
Don’t want to create your own templates? No problem! We have a library of ready-made templates aligned to what regulators look for, from a care home audit checklist to an infection control audit template. No guesswork, no gaps.
Build and manage action plans directly from audits, with clear ownership and progress tracking.
Audit findings can also feed into your wider compliance processes through QCS Compliance Centre, helping teams keep policies, evidence and governance aligned: https://www.qcs.co.uk/qcs-compliance-centre/
Generate detailed reports that bring together results, trends and outcomes. Making it easier to evidence what’s been done and where you’ve improved.
Where audits identify knowledge gaps, QCS Learning Centre helps managers assign targeted refresher training and evidence competency across teams: https://www.qcs.co.uk/qcs-learning-centre/
Track scheduled and ad-hoc audits in real time, so nothing slips through and every site stays on track.
FAQs
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Regular quality assurance audits help demonstrate continuous improvement. Many providers schedule a mixture of monthly, quarterly and annual audits depending on risk, service type and regulatory priorities, with action plans reviewed to evidence ongoing improvement.
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Improving quality assurance for care homes starts with making sure everyone is working from the same clear, up-to-date guidance.
Our care home audit software brings audits, evidence, and actions into one place so teams can stay on top of quality every day, not just at inspection time.
With QCS, this CQC audit software helps you prepare for inspections with confidence and show how care is delivered across your service.
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Managing internal care home audits across multiple locations starts with a consistent, centralised approach. Without it, standards, reporting, and follow-up actions can vary from site to site.
QCS Audit Centre brings everything into one place. Our care home audit software lets you complete audits, use templates, and track progress at each location.
You can follow actions, spot trends, and see where support is needed while keeping oversight and CQC compliance across your organisation.
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Care homes identify trends from audit data by regularly reviewing quality assurance audits for care homes and looking for patterns over time, rather than treating each audit in isolation.
QCS Audit Centre brings this data together in one place, making it easy to get a clear overview. Our care home audit software helps you see recurring issues, missed actions, and areas where standards are slipping across different audits and locations.
Giving you the confidence to spot issues and focus support where it’s needed most.
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An IPC audit (infection prevention and control audit) checks that your infection control practices meet the standards your regulator expects. QCS Audit Centre includes a ready-made IPC audit checklist and infection control audit tool, so you can assess your service against current guidance, record findings and turn them into actions.
You can also download your completed infection control audit checklist (PDF) to share with inspectors and your team.