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Compiling an evidence pack for a regulator inspection

When you receive a request for evidence from a regulator, use ReFresh to compile all relevant policies, procedures, training records, and audit reports into a single evidence pack for delivery to the regulator.

Written by Harrison Kennedy

When a regulator visits or requests evidence, compile an inspection pack from the Quarterly Board Report plus on-demand reports plus the underlying evidence in your library. A dedicated one-click inspection pack export is on the roadmap.

  • The Quarterly Board Report is the most comprehensive single document for inspection use today

  • Supplement with on-demand reports for module-specific deep dives

  • Pull supporting evidence from the Documents and Policies pages

  • Use the audit trail to demonstrate continuous management

  • A dedicated one-click inspection pack export is on the roadmap

(Roadmap: dedicated one-click inspection pack export.)


Putting an inspection pack together today

The recommended sequence:

  1. Generate the latest Quarterly Board Report as the cover document (see "The Quarterly Board Report", 6.6)

  2. Generate on-demand reports for any module-specific deep dives the regulator has flagged (incidents, risk register, framework-specific compliance posture)

  3. Pull the relevant evidence from the Documents and Policies pages, filtered by framework

  4. Reference the audit trail in the cover note (see "Using the audit trail", 6.11) to demonstrate continuous management rather than a point-in-time effort

  5. Export everything to PDF for transmission

Bundle the resulting files into a single inspection pack folder for handover.


What regulators are looking for

Regulators inspecting psychosocial compliance typically want:

  • A clear narrative of how the organisation manages psychosocial risk (Quarterly Board Report)

  • Evidence that hazards have been identified and assessed (Risk Register, surveys)

  • Evidence that controls are in place (Controls page, evidence library)

  • Evidence that incidents are investigated and acted on (Investigations, Hierarchy of Controls assessments)

  • Evidence that workers are consulted (Consultations module)

  • A demonstrable audit trail of all of the above

ReFresh's structure already maps to these expectations; the inspection pack is the formatted handover.


Compliance snapshot before the visit

Before a known inspection date, take a compliance snapshot (see article 6.8) so the regulator's reference point is stable. This protects you from posture changes during the inspection process being mistaken for inconsistency.


Roadmap: one-click inspection pack export

A dedicated one-click inspection pack export is in development. When live, it will:

  • Generate the latest Quarterly Board Report

  • Append all required on-demand reports

  • Bundle the underlying evidence by framework

  • Export the result as a single PDF or zip file ready for handover


Related articles

  • The Quarterly Board Report (6.6)

  • Compliance snapshots (6.8)

  • Audit management (6.9)

  • Using the audit trail (6.11)

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