Medical Audits NHS cleaning standards audit tool has been developed to ensure you can evidence your compliance with regulation 12 of the Health and Social Care Act (2008). You can audit the NHS cleaning standards as laid out in the revised National Standards of Healthcare Cleanliness 2025
Using Medical Audits National Standards of Healthcare Cleanliness 2025 audit and quality assurance software you can:-
✔ Audit National Standards of Healthcare Cleanliness 2025
✔Audit hospital Cleaning standards by room and by element
✔ Audit environmental hygiene in hospitals
✔ Ensure your organisation is auditing using the correct risk ratings and elements
✔ Record cleanliness of patient equipment
✔ Audit compliance with National Standards of Healthcare Cleanliness 2025 and give immediate feedback
✔ Produce reports and charts and dashboards in real time
✔ Evidence compliance with National Standards of Healthcare Cleanliness 2025
Mathew Mckechnie, Operations Director
Barnsley Hospital, NHS Foundation Trust
Cleaning Standards across England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland
Monitor cleaning standards and Audit effectiveness of Cleaning in England using TS+ cleaning audit software from Medical Audits
In the UK, the Association of Healthcare Cleaning Professionals (AHCP) had ownership of the revised healthcare cleaning manual since it was passed over to them in 2012 until 2021 when the first National Standards of Healthcare Cleanliness were published..
The 2025 standards for cleanliness take ownership back to the NHS and reintroduce the word 'standard' mandating compliance across all areas of healthcare.
The care quality Commission audit compliance with National Standards of Healthcare Cleanliness 2025 as part of their unannounced audits of healthcare settings in England.
Medical Audits provide a cleaning audit, an efficacy audit and a range of complimentary audits to help healthcare organisations evidence compliance with all these standards, guidelines and regulations.
Rachel Sorhaindo, Facilities Manager for Cleaning Services
Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Use Medical Audits Healthcare Cleaning Audit Software to Monitor Compliance with The National IPC Manual (Clinical Guideline No 30) Cleaning standards in Ireland
In Ireland, the National Hospitals office (NHO) produced a national cleaning manual and cleaning manual appendices in 2008. This was replaced by the Infection Prevention and Control Manual (National Clinical Guideline No 30) in 2023 and supplements the Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) Infection Prevention and Control Standards documents for acute and community care.
HIQA carry out unannounced audits of hospital cleaning standards as part of their auditing of the National standards for the prevention and control of Healthcare Associated Infections in all healthcare settings in Ireland.
Use Medical Audits Hospital Cleaning Audit Tool to Monitor Compliance with NHS Cleaning Standards in Scotland
“Audit Scotland - A clean bill of health”, published in 2000 set the basis for cleaning, auditing and monitoring standards of hospital hygiene in NHS Scotland.
This was followed by the NHS Quality Improvement Scotland (NHS QIS)/Clinical Standards Board for Scotland (CSBS) HAI Infection Control Standards (December 2001) and National Cleaning Services Specification (NCSS) in 2006.
The most up to date documents governing cleaning standards are NHS Scotland National Cleaning Services Specification Scottish Health Facilities Note 01-02.(July 2025)
Medical Audits cleaning audit tool provides the ideal system for monitoring cleaning standards across all NHS hospitals and Healthcare settings.
Use Medical Audits NHS Cleaning Audit Tool to Monitor Compliance with Cleaning Standards in NHS Wales
The National cleaning standards for Wales were published in 2003 and were followed in 2008 by the Welsh assembly national all Wales monitoring tool. Health Inspectorate Wales carry out audits of compliance across hospitals in Wales.
These standards were updated in 2020 and again in 2021 with the launch of the Key Standards for Environmental Cleanliness by Public Health Wales. Hospitals in Wales utilise the National Standards of Healthcare Cleanliness 2025 to monitor compliance with cleaning and to risk rate their clinical areas.
Diane Holland, Deputy Director of Infection Prevention and Control
Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust