CQC Registration

On 1st April 2015, the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2014 came into force replacing the 28 CQC essential standards. The Care Quality Commission (Registration) Regulations 2009 remained in place.

If you are a healthcare professional who provides regulated activities in England and requires to register with the CQC under the above Act and Regulations, please contact us on 07969 618923.

Healthcare Regulation Solutions can provide you with the necessary support to take you through the CQC registration process.

Pre-registration support includes:

  • Initial advice on registering with the CQC prior to application submission (some types of healthcare provider continue to be exempt from CQC registration).
  • A review of how your healthcare service meets the fundamental standards and regulations.
  • Preparation and completion of CQC application forms (Provider and Registered Manager).
  • Support and preparation with the necessary pre-registration supporting documents, including the Statement of Purpose.
  • Development of policies and procedures to support your patient or client service aligning with the CQC fundamental standards and regulations.
  • Development of risk assessments.
  • Ongoing support through the CQC application and registration process.

On-going post-registration support to maintain CQC registration includes:

  • Ongoing retained annual support.
  • Pre-inspection compliance audits/mock assessments/inspections in preparation for announced and unannounced planned or responsive (where CQC has received concerning information) CQC assessments/inspections.
  • Support with action planning following an assessment/inspection where non-compliances have been identified.
  • Support with action planning following the serving of enforcement or improvement notices.
  • Monitoring the quality of the healthcare service at regular intervals such as 3, 6 and 12 monthly audits.
  • Support with further applications to the CQC to add or remove regulated activities or locations, amendments to the Statement of Purpose, submission of statutory Notifications, new CQC Registered Manager applications or new CQC Nominated Individual Notifications.