CQC INSPECTION PREPARATION
CQC Mock Inspection Questions
Browse 50 mock questions covering all 5 CQC domains, each with a sample answer. Prepare your team for inspection with tailored guidance.
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What's in the Full Question Pack
50+ Mock Questions
Covering all 5 key questions: Safe, Effective, Caring, Responsive, Well-led. Questions for managers, staff, and people using the service.
Model Answers
Each question includes guidance on what inspectors are looking for and how to structure your response with specific examples.
Tailored to Your Service
Questions and answers customised for care homes, domiciliary care, supported living, or your specific service type.
Sample Questions by Category
Here are 50+ preparation questions from our pack. Each question includes a sample answer framework to help your team prepare authentic responses.
Safe
How do you ensure that safeguarding concerns are identified and reported promptly?
Can you walk me through how you manage medication errors when they occur?
How do you assess and manage risks for people with complex needs?
Effective
How do you ensure staff have the training and competencies they need?
How do you work with other healthcare professionals to meet people's needs?
How do you ensure people's nutrition and hydration needs are met?
Caring
How do you ensure people are treated with dignity and respect?
How do you involve people in decisions about their care?
Can you give an example of how you've supported someone's emotional wellbeing?
Responsive
How do you ensure care plans reflect people's current needs and preferences?
How do you handle complaints and what do you learn from them?
How do you support people at the end of their life?
Well-led
How do you ensure there is a positive and open culture in the service?
What quality assurance systems do you have in place?
How do you ensure the service continuously improves?
Safe
How do you identify and respond to changes in a person's health?
How do you make sure accidents and incidents are reported and reviewed?
How do you protect people from abuse while supporting their rights?
How do you check that the environment and equipment are safe?
How do you manage infection prevention and control?
How do you make sure staffing levels are safe?
How do you support safe moving and handling?
Effective
How do you assess whether care is achieving the intended outcomes?
How do staff access the guidance they need for people's specific conditions?
How do you check that staff remain competent after induction?
How do you involve people in planning their health care?
How do you coordinate appointments and referrals?
How do you respond when a person's needs become more complex?
How do you use feedback and evidence to improve care practice?
Caring
How do staff communicate with someone who has difficulty communicating?
How do you respect privacy during personal care?
How do you find out what matters to each person?
How do you support people's independence?
How do you respond when someone is distressed?
How do you make sure staff know people's preferences and routines?
How do you support equality, diversity and human rights?
Responsive
How do you make sure care is personalised rather than task-led?
How do you support people to maintain relationships and community links?
How do you respond to a change in someone's preference?
How do you make information accessible?
How do you respond to feedback that a service is not meeting someone's needs?
How do you plan for continuity when regular staff are unavailable?
How do you support people's cultural, religious and dietary needs?
Well-led
How do leaders know whether the service is performing well?
How do you make sure policies are followed in practice?
How do staff raise concerns without fear?
How do you share learning from incidents across the team?
How do you manage and review an improvement action plan?
How do you ensure records are accurate and secure?
How do you involve people and staff in service improvement?
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