Will your cleaning meet what CQC expects?

CQC inspectors look for evidence that cleaning is planned, carried out and checked. A written schedule with frequencies, signed records of each visit, COSHH sheets for every product and an audit trail give you that evidence. We supply all four. The clinical policy itself stays with the practice, and our schedule is built to sit underneath it.

Do you clean decontamination rooms?

We clean the environment in decontamination areas: floors, surfaces, sinks, walls and waste points, to a written method and on a set frequency. Instrument reprocessing, autoclave cycles and validation stay with your clinical team. The schedule states the boundary clearly so nobody assumes the other party is doing a task.

How does colour coding work?

Cloths, mop heads and buckets are split by area so equipment never crosses between zones. Red for washrooms and sanitary fittings, yellow for clinical wash basins, blue for general lower risk areas and green for kitchens and food areas. The colours are named on your schedule and the team is briefed on them at mobilisation.

Can you clean between patient sessions?

Yes. Most practices run a full clean after the last list and a lighter session clean in the middle of the day. We fit the mid-day visit around your appointment book, which usually means a fixed short window rather than an open slot. Surgery turnaround between patients stays with your nursing team.

Are your staff DBS checked?

Vetting is set by the operator running this contract, so confirm it in writing before mobilisation. DBS checking is normal for cleaning inside medical and dental premises. Ask which level of check applies, how often it is repeated, and how right to work documents and references are held for the staff assigned to your practice.

What about blood and body fluid spillages?

The schedule includes a written spillage procedure with the products, personal protective equipment and disposal route named. Cleaners assigned to a practice are briefed on it at mobilisation. Where a spillage happens in a clinical area during a session, your own policy takes precedence and our team follows the practice manager's direction.

Medical and Dental Practice Cleaning in Manchester

Practice cleaning in Greater Manchester is usually priced on hours at around £17 to £24 per hour, because clinical rooms need slower, recorded work. A small dental practice cleaned six days a week typically sits between £900 and £1,900 a month. Every visit is signed against a written schedule, so you hold a cleaning record a CQC inspector can read.

Signs you need this

You have no dated cleaning record to hand an inspector

Surgery downtime between patients leaves no room for a proper clean

Colour coded equipment is missing or the system is not being followed

Waiting room flooring and skirtings are marking and nobody is logging it

Your cleaning schedule has never been written down against frequencies

Staff are cleaning clinical areas themselves at the end of a long list

Why practice cleaning is priced differently

A consulting room takes longer than an office of the same size. Surfaces are cleaned in a set order, equipment is zoned, waste is segregated and the work is written down afterwards. That recording step is what turns a clean into evidence, and evidence is what a practice manager needs when an inspector asks how the premises are maintained.

The hourly rate reflects that. It also reflects the vetting and training expected of anyone working unaccompanied in a building that holds patient records and controlled stock.

What the schedule covers room by room

Waiting rooms take heavy footfall and tend to show it at the skirtings, the chair legs and the entrance matting. Reception has shared touch points and a counter that needs a defined method rather than a general wipe. Consulting and treatment rooms get surfaces, wash basins, waste points, floors and low level walls on a daily frequency, with a periodic detail clean that moves furniture and gets into corners.

Decontamination areas are cleaned last on any round, with dedicated equipment. Staff rooms and kitchens sit in the green zone. Washrooms sit in red. Nothing crosses between them.

Each of those rooms appears on your schedule with its own task list, so the document works as a handover note as well as a record.

The records you end up holding

Three things go in your file: the written schedule with frequencies, signed completion sheets from each visit, and the monthly audit. Add the COSHH safety data sheets and the site risk assessment supplied at mobilisation and you have a complete picture of how the premises are cleaned.

That is the set most practice managers reach for when preparing for an inspection or an insurer’s review. It is also what makes a change of cleaning contractor painless, since the record travels with the practice.

Practices around Greater Manchester

Dental practices in Altrincham and the south Manchester suburbs are often converted houses or shop units, with surgeries on two floors and a narrow stair between them. That shapes the round: equipment gets duplicated rather than carried, and timings allow for the stairs.

GP surgeries on the main approaches into Stockport and around the city centre tend to be purpose built, with larger waiting areas, more consulting rooms and vinyl throughout. Vinyl is forgiving day to day and needs a planned strip and seal every few years to stay presentable, which we price as a separate line.

City centre clinics in office buildings carry a third constraint: the managing agent’s access rules. Evening cleans need fob access and a sign in, and machinery deliveries go through the loading bay by appointment. We check all of it before quoting so the schedule you sign is one the building will actually allow.

How the work runs

Walk the practice

We go through every room with the practice manager: surgeries, treatment rooms, decontamination areas, waiting room, reception, staff room and washrooms. Each gets a risk category so the schedule matches the room rather than the building.

Write the cleaning schedule

A room by room task list with frequencies, the method for each task, the colour code that applies and who is responsible. Clinical areas are separated from general areas on paper before anyone touches them in practice.

Train and mobilise

The team assigned to your practice is briefed on the schedule, the colour coding, spillage procedure and where to find COSHH sheets. Access and alarm arrangements are agreed with you and put in writing.

Sign and record

Cleaners sign the schedule at each visit. You keep the completed sheets, so the record of what was cleaned and when exists on paper rather than in somebody's memory.

Audit and review

A monthly audit against the schedule, plus a review whenever your room use changes. If a surgery is converted or a new decontamination area opens, the schedule is updated before the work starts.

What it typically costs

Job	Typical range
Practice cleaning, hourly rate Higher than general office work because clinical tasks are slower and recorded	£17 to £24 per hour
Small dental practice, six cleans a week Two to four surgeries, waiting room, decontamination area and washrooms	£900 to £1,900 per month
GP surgery, five cleans a week Depends on consulting room count, floor area and treatment room numbers	£1,200 to £3,000 per month
Clinical waste handling Collection sits with your licensed waste contractor, we handle segregation only	Priced separately
Periodic deep clean Surgery strip down, floor and skirting detail, usually quarterly or six monthly	£350 to £900 per visit

Typical ranges for Manchester and the surrounding area , reviewed September 2026. Every quote is written and fixed before work starts.