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CQC policies for pharmacy prescribing services

For the clinical service you run alongside the pharmacy, not the dispensing. Your dispensing is a primary pharmacy service and exempt from CQC registration; a consultation leading to a prescribing decision generally is not.

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
A pharmacy that adds a prescribing clinic takes on a second regulator. The General Pharmaceutical Council continues to regulate the registered pharmacy; the Care Quality Commission regulates the regulated activity you now carry on. This pack covers the clinical service: where the boundary between the two sits, how prescriber competence is bounded and evidenced, how the conflict between prescribing and supplying is managed, and how remote and questionnaire-based decisions are made safely.
Registering with CQC
The Pharmacy Prescribing Service CQC application checklist

All 25 supporting documents CQC asks a pharmacy prescribing service to send, what each must show, and which we cover. CQC rejects applications missing any of them.

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Already registered
The Pharmacy Prescribing Service 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 pharmacy prescribing service needs for CQC

A pharmacy prescribing service needs a documented set of policies, risk assessments and procedures to register with the CQC and evidence the fundamental standards. The 108 documents in the Pharmacy Prescribing Service 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
11 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
18 documents · Scored assessments that show your policies are put into practice.
Standard operating procedures
24 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 (108 documents)

The pharmacy prescribing service documents - £499.00 to apply, £1750.00 for everything

12 editable Word documents (7 policies, 3 SOPs, 2 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

Pharmacy Prescribing Service — CQC Application Pack

Every supporting document on CQC's published list for a pharmacy prescribing service, 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£1174.72· 28 documents
Save £675.72 (58% off)
See it against CQC’s list →
Run · everything to register and operate your pharmacy prescribing service

Pharmacy Prescribing Service — 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£4292.93· 108 documents
Save £2542.93 (59% off)
See the full checklist →
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 pharmacy prescribing service 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 7 policies, 2 risk assessments and 3 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 (7)

Policy

Remote & Online Prescribing Policy

Remote prescribing

£44.99
Policy

Restricted & High-Risk Medicines Policy

Restricted medicines

£44.99
Policy

Patient Group Directions (PGD) Management Policy

PGD management

£44.99
Policy

Identity Verification & Age Confirmation Policy

ID & age checks

£44.99

Standard operating procedures (3)

SOP

Online Consultation & Clinical Assessment SOP

Online consultations

£29.99
SOP

Prescribing Decision & Record-Keeping SOP

Defensible records

£29.99
SOP

Prescribing Audit & Peer Review SOP

Peer review

£29.99

Risk assessments (2)

RA

Questionnaire-Based Prescribing RA

Questionnaire risk

£34.99
RA

Prescribing & Supply Conflict of Interest RA

Prescribe vs supply

£34.99

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Why the pharmacy prescribing service pack

The boundary, written down
A scope of service policy that records exactly which of your activities are primary pharmacy services and which are regulated activities, with a sign-off gate before any new service launches. This is the first thing an inspector will want to understand and the thing pharmacies most often cannot explain.
Prescribing and supply, honestly managed
A pharmacist independent prescriber may lawfully prescribe almost anything, and your business earns the revenue when they do. The pack addresses that conflict directly, with a policy, a scored risk assessment and a decline rate you monitor rather than minimise.
Built for remote and questionnaire-based models
Remote prescribing, identity and age verification, a restricted medicines list, and a risk assessment written specifically for the risk that a patient answers a questionnaire to obtain a prescription rather than accurately.
Prescriber governance you can evidence
Documented scope of practice per prescriber, a formulary, peer review with a sample chosen by someone else, and a graded audit that escalates rather than just recording.

Get the Pharmacy Prescribing Service Full Clinic Setup Pack - £1750.00

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

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Frequently asked questions

Pharmacy Prescribing Service 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.