Required by all employers in the United Kingdom*
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Required by CQC*
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Faster checks, confident CQC compliance
For health and social care companies supporting patients and communities, fast, reliable background checks are a must-have. Zinc helps you deliver reliable care with less compliance stress.
Why Zinc’s the trusted partner to keep patients and staff safe
The faster candidates finish their checks, the sooner they can start — and the less you spend on agency staff. With Zinc, checks get done on-the-go thanks to a mobile-first design and in-app live chat support. Plus, email updates keep everyone on the same page about results and start dates.
Patients trust you with their health and data, so don’t let staff data security concerns take away your time. Zinc is known for zero data breaches and 99.999% uptime, so we’re secure around the clock. It’s true and how we’ve earned our ISO 27001 and UK Trust Framework accreditations.
Integrations keep admin to a minimum and hiring timelines on pace. With fewer manual steps, you’re likely to spend less than 90 seconds of admin per candidate and get many checks back within minutes, not weeks.
By paper we mean digital reports you can’t lose track of – or spill your coffee on. Zinc automatically accesses primary data sources and pulls results into each candidate’s digital profile creating a seamless audit trail – even for pesky Update Service checks.
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“I always thought once the DBS was in processing, it would take the same amount of time irrespective of which provider it was going through — but it doesn’t. Obviously I recommend Zinc, but an IDSP will change your life overnight. It had instant results.”
Zander Loftus
Recruitment Manager
Essential checks for making senior hires under CQC regulation*
Required by all employers in the United Kingdom*
View all checksRequired by CQC*
Required by CQC*
Recommended by Zinc
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“We’re not in an industry where we can have really long, timely checks because someone will go find something else. Speed and making it as easy as possible for candidates is absolutely key and Zinc does that.”
Alex Tigwell
Recruitment Business Partner
Determining the right checks for different roles can be time-consuming. We’re here to help.
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Keep up with the Care Quality Commission’s news section for updates on regulation and guidance, or for NHS employers, refer to the NHS Employment Check Standards
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*All research into the required and recommended checks has been completed by Zinc’s legal team. However, regulation may change faster than our website. The guidance on this page should be treated as a suggestion, not fact. All customers are responsible for making sure they are compliant with background checking standards relevant to them, their candidates roles and locations, by researching the regulation directly.