Signatories

The Concordat is a voluntary code and does not affect the statutory remit of individual signatories. So far 20 organisations involved in the regulation, audit or review of health and social care, have signed up to the Concordat. There are two types of signatories:

Full signatories
Full signatories are those organisations that directly or indirectly regulate, audit or review health or social care in England and/or routinely request data from, or do inspections of NHS organisations and providers of independent healthcare.

Associate signatories
Associate signatories are those organisations that may not directly undertake inspection, audit or review of health or social care in England but whose work is closely associated with the principles and objectives of the Concordat.