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CQC policies for dermatology and skin surgery clinics

Written around the loop that actually defines the service: a lesion is assessed, something is removed, and a result has to come back to the right patient.

Written by founders Claire Barker & Aaron Scott — who have registered and run their own CQC-regulated clinics
Kept up to date as CQC guidance changes, with a plain-English note on what changed
If a file is faulty or not as described, we'll fix it or refund it
In short
The harms that occur in private dermatology are rarely surgical. They are a lesion excised without a diagnosis being considered, a specimen labelled with the wrong patient’s details, a histology result that nobody chased, or a consent conversation that never mentioned the scar. This pack is built around those failures rather than around the procedure, because each of them is prevented by process rather than by skill.
Registering with CQC
The Dermatology & Skin Surgery CQC application checklist

All 25 supporting documents CQC asks a dermatology & skin surgery to send, what each must show, and which we cover. CQC rejects applications missing any of them.

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Already registered
The Dermatology & Skin Surgery full document checklist

Every policy, SOP and risk assessment needed to run the service and evidence it against the five key questions at inspection.

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What a dermatology & skin surgery needs for CQC

A dermatology & skin surgery needs a documented set of policies, risk assessments and procedures to register with the CQC and evidence the fundamental standards. The 112 documents in the Dermatology & Skin Surgery Full Clinic Setup Pack cover every area below — grouped the way an inspector expects to see them.

Registration & readiness
5 documents · The documents CQC checks first when you apply.
Clinical & service policies
13 documents · The core policies for how your service is run and kept safe.
Governance, information & safeguarding
38 documents · Good-governance, data protection and safeguarding policies expected of every provider.
Risk assessments
19 documents · Scored assessments that show your policies are put into practice.
Standard operating procedures
25 documents · Step-by-step procedures your team follows day to day.
HR, staffing & training
12 documents · Safe recruitment, employment and training records CQC reviews under Well-led.
See the full document checklist (112 documents)

The dermatology & skin surgery documents - £499.00 to apply, £1750.00 for everything

15 editable Word documents (8 policies, 4 SOPs, 3 risk assessments) in our controlled house style, ready to brand and approve. Buy the CQC Application Pack to register, the Full Clinic Setup Pack to run the service as well, or add any individual policy, risk assessment or SOP to your cart below.

Two packs, for the two jobs. Buy the CQC Application Pack if you are registering and need the supporting documents that go with the application. Buy the Full Clinic Setup Pack if you also need everything to run the service day to day and evidence it at inspection - it contains the application pack in full, so you never buy twice.

Apply · everything CQC asks a new provider to send

Dermatology & Skin Surgery — CQC Application Pack

Every supporting document on CQC's published list for a dermatology & skin surgery, and nothing you don't need yet. CQC's own application forms and statement of purpose template are free from CQC and are not included, because we do not sell a regulator's forms or templates.

£499.00£1264.70· 30 documents
Save £765.70 (61% off)
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Run · everything to register and operate your dermatology & skin surgery

Dermatology & Skin Surgery — Full Clinic Setup Pack

The application pack in full, plus every policy, SOP, risk assessment and HR document you need to run the service and stand up to inspection.

£1750.00£4447.89· 112 documents
Save £2697.89 (61% off)
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Optional add-on · we complete your documents for you

Bespoke Tailoring Service

Buying the documents still leaves you the job of filling them in. Answer one questionnaire about your dermatology & skin surgery and we write your organisation, your role titles, your local contacts and your policy decisions into every document — then send the finished set back within 5 working days.

  • ✓A sector-specific questionnaire covering everything your documents need
  • ✓Your organisation name, addresses, contact details and registration numbers written into every document
  • ✓Role titles set to your structure, so policies do not need reissuing when staff change
  • ✓Your local escalation contacts and out-of-hours arrangements inserted
£650.00
one-off
Optional service · CQC’s statement of purpose template and both CQC forms, completed for you

CQC Application Completion Service

CQC's statement of purpose template and both CQC forms completed for you: the provider registration application and the registered manager application. All three are free from CQC and you submit them yourself - we would never sell you a regulator's form or template. What we sell is the work of completing all three so they say the same thing, which is the consistency CQC tests hardest. Returned within 10 working days for you to check and submit.

  • ✓CQC’s statement of purpose template completed for you: your aims, regulated activities, each location, service type and the needs of the people who use it
  • ✓The provider registration application completed, in the wording CQC expects
  • ✓The registered manager application completed alongside it, because CQC cannot process yours without it
  • ✓A working session to gather what all three documents need, including your regulated activities and locations
£950.00
one-off
Or buy individually
Don't need the full pack? Buy any document on its own.
All 8 policies, 3 risk assessments and 4 SOPs below are also sold individually — mix and match exactly what you need and add single documents to your cart. Prices start from £29.99.
See inside before you buy:Sample policy (PDF) →Sample risk assessment (PDF) →Sample SOP (PDF) →
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Policies (8)

Policy

Minor Surgery & Skin Lesion Excision Policy

Minor surgery

£44.99
Policy

Local Anaesthesia Policy

Local anaesthesia

£44.99
Policy

Specimen Handling & Histopathology Policy

Specimen handling

£44.99
Policy

Dermoscopy & Lesion Documentation Policy

Dermoscopy & images

£44.99
Policy

Teledermatology & Image Quality Policy

Teledermatology

£44.99
Policy

Systemic Immunosuppressant & Biologic Monitoring Policy

Systemic monitoring

£44.99
Policy

Isotretinoin & Pregnancy Prevention Policy

Isotretinoin & PPP

£44.99

Standard operating procedures (4)

SOP

Excision & Wound Closure SOP

Excision & closure

£29.99
SOP

Specimen Labelling & Transport SOP

Specimen transport

£29.99
SOP

Histology Result Failsafe SOP

Histology failsafe

£29.99
SOP

Urgent Skin Cancer Referral SOP

Urgent referral

£29.99

Risk assessments (3)

RA

Minor Surgery RA

Minor surgery risk

£34.99
RA

Sharps & Specimen Handling RA

Sharps & specimens

£34.99
RA

Isotretinoin Safety RA

Isotretinoin risk

£34.99

Other clinic types

Not your service? Browse the documents for another setting:

Aesthetic Clinic GP Surgery Private Healthcare Clinic ADHD Clinic Weight Loss Clinic Telehealth & Online Clinic Pharmacy Prescribing Service Podiatry & Chiropody Women's Health & Menopause Clinic

Why the dermatology & skin surgery pack

The histology failsafe, as an actual mechanism
A specimen sent and forgotten is the highest-consequence failure a skin service can commit, and it is silent: nothing happens and nobody complains until the patient presents months later. The pack includes a specimen log, a weekly reconciliation that is recorded rather than merely done, defined escalation timescales, and a rule that an entry cannot be closed until the patient has been told.
Skin cancer referral tracked to an outcome
Making a referral is not the same as the patient being seen. The urgent referral SOP tracks every referral through acknowledgement, attendance and final diagnosis, with named chase points, because electronic routes fail silently and a referral that never arrived will not announce itself.
Minor surgery, from site marking to specimen
A step-by-step excision procedure built around the sequence failures that cause wrong-site and wrong-specimen events: the site marked while the patient is awake and upright, the pot labelled before incision, and only one specimen open on the trolley at a time.
The high-risk prescribing a skin service does
Isotretinoin with the pregnancy prevention programme, mood monitoring against a recorded baseline and the two-prescriber safeguard, plus systemic immunosuppressant and biologic monitoring with shared-care responsibility agreed in writing before the first prescription.

Get the Dermatology & Skin Surgery Full Clinic Setup Pack - £1750.00

15 expert-written, inspection-ready documents, downloadable the moment you order. Add the pack to your cart, or pick individual documents.

View the Dermatology & Skin Surgery documents →Browse all templates

Frequently asked questions

Dermatology & Skin Surgery CQC compliance

Helpful CQC guides

Meeting CQC regulations →The fundamental standards and how CQC assesses you.
Do I need to register with CQC? →Who must register, who’s exempt, and the process.
What policies do I need? →The core and sector-specific policies CQC expects.
CQC Statement of Purpose →The legal document CQC checks first.
Free CQC mock inspection →Score your readiness in minutes.
CQC registration support →Hands-on help to get registered first time.
Important: This page is general information to help you understand CQC requirements — it is not legal advice and is not affiliated with or endorsed by the Care Quality Commission. Regulations and CQC's assessment approach change over time; always check the current position on cqc.org.uk and have a qualified professional review anything specific to your organisation.