Welcome to the Concordat Website

The Concordat

The Concordat is a voluntary agreement between organisations that regulate, audit, inspect or review elements of health and healthcare in England. It was launched in June 2004 by 10 organisations, led by the Healthcare Commission. There are now 20 signatories working together to coordinate their activities such as audits, reviews and inspections. By streamlining their activities, these signatories are supporting the improvement of health services for the public.

Concordat between bodies inspecting, regulating and auditing healthcare (pdf 1124kb) outlines the Concordat in more detail.

Scheduling of Concordat activity

Follow this link to access the activity scheduling tool, which contains:

• details of planned activity by signatories for NHS and independent healthcare organisations
• activity details from some participating non-signatory bodies
• reports and recommendations following activities