In regulated sectors such as health and social care, education, and workplace safety, inspections are unavoidable — but panic and last-minute preparation don’t have to be. Too often, organisations treat inspections as isolated events, creating stress, inconsistency, and unnecessary risk. In this blog, Lewis Normoyle explores how mock inspections, when embedded into everyday culture, shift organisations from reactive readiness to long-term resilience. Drawing on regulatory expectations from the Care Quality Commission, Ofsted, and the Health and Safety Executive, the article shows how digital governance tools like ComplyPlus™ help close compliance gaps, empower staff, reduce inspection stress, and build lasting trust with regulators, commissioners, and service users.