Joint working agreements

We work with other organisations to make sure health and social care services provide people with safe, effective, compassionate and high-quality care.

We have agreements that set out:

• What we expect to achieve from working together
• How we will operate together and share information
• How we evaluate the success of our joint working.

We also meet with other regulators as part of the Chief Executives Health and Social Care Regulatory Forum.

Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)

MoUs are a statement of intent between two organisations to work together and give an outline what this work aims to achieve.

• MoUs signed since May 2019 (web pages)
• MoUs signed before May 2019 (PDFs)

Joint Working Protocol (JWP)

JWPs set out detailed working arrangements to support an MoU, including what they can expect from each other, how work will be managed and commitments to consultations and involving others in the work. We do not have a joint working protocol with every organisation we work with – an MoU is often sufficient.

We also have a framework agreement with the Department of Health.

Department of Health and Social Care Framework Agreement

Work-related deaths protocol:

Work-related deaths: A protocol for liaison (England and Wales)

Work-related deaths protocol: Practical guide (England and Wales)

Information sharing agreement (ISA)

ISAs set out what information will be shared, how, when and with who. ISAs are created when we need to share sensitive data with other organisations and detail any necessary security requirements.

Chief Executives Health and Social Care Regulatory Forum

This forum meets to foster closer and more effective working between regulators.

Emerging concerns protocol