Governance Library
Policies you can actually use
Professional starter templates written for UK health and social care. Every document is mapped to the five key questions and structured around managing risk, reducing harm and reducing inequalities — supplied in editable Word and print-ready PDF.
12 starter templates across six categories
Safeguarding
Adult and child safeguarding policies, referral pathways, allegation management and learning reviews.
Provider-wide safeguarding framework covering recognition, reporting, referral pathways, allegation management and learning.
Arrangements for protecting children who visit the service or live in households receiving domiciliary care.
Dignity & Respect
Dignity in care standards, privacy audits, personal care protocols and dignity champion tools.
Sets the standard for privacy, choice, kindness and personhood in every interaction, with practical dignity checks.
Medication & Clinical Safety
Medicines management, MAR audits, covert administration, controlled drugs and infection prevention.
Ordering, receipt, storage, administration, recording, disposal, covert administration and controlled drugs.
Standard precautions, outbreak management, PPE, cleaning and antimicrobial stewardship.
Governance & Quality
Quality assurance frameworks, risk management, complaints, audit calendars and action tracking.
The service's audit calendar, board reporting, action tracking and continuous improvement cycle mapped to the five key questions.
How risk is identified, scored, mitigated and reviewed while protecting choice and independence.
An open, timely and learning-focused approach to feedback of every kind.
Staff Wellbeing & Equality
Supervision, psychological safety, workforce equality and health inequalities.
Practical commitments on workload, support after difficult events, and a culture where speaking up is safe.
How the service meets the Equality Act 2010 and actively reduces inequalities in access, experience and outcomes.
Reflective Leadership
Reflective practice models, learning reviews, mental capacity and least restrictive practice.
A structured model for reflection, learning from incidents and developing compassionate leadership.
Capacity assessment, best-interests decision making, least restrictive practice and authorisation of deprivations of liberty.
Templates and governance documents are provided as editable starting points. Providers remain responsible for adapting, approving and implementing them in line with their own regulatory obligations.