How to apply for registration


NHS Trusts

New registration system

Subject to legislation, from 1 April 2010, all NHS trusts (including primary care trusts as providers) that provide regulated activities must be registered with the Care Quality Commission.

NHS registration under CSA 2000

NHS trusts that provide services already registered under the Care Standards Act 2000 (CSA 2000) are still required to maintain this registration until the Act ceases to apply on 30 September 2010.

NHS trusts will also need to register these services under the new regulations when they come into force on 1 October 2010. Applications under the new system will begin in April 2010. Trusts will be informed of further details of this process in advance.

NHS registration on infection control for 2009/2010

For NHS trusts already registered with us for infection control, registration under the existing regulations will be maintained until 31 March 2010.

When the new regulations come into force on 1 April 2010, all NHS trusts will need to apply for registration under the new regulations - this includes new registration for infection control.

Each trust must make its application for registration from 4 January to 29 January 2010.

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Adult social care and independent healthcare providers

From 1 October 2010, a new registration system is being introduced across all adult social care and independent healthcare services in England.

All providers of adult social care and independent healthcare services must show that they are meeting essential standards of quality and safety in order to be registered with us in accordance with new legislation (the Health and Social Care Act 2008).

The new regulations will apply from 1 October 2010, when providers must be registered in the new system.

Current registration

Adult social care and independent healthcare providers are still required to maintain their current registration under the Care Standards Act 2000, as the Act will continue to be in force until 30 September 2010.

Until instructed to register under the new system, providers who want to register a new service or want to change or vary their current registration under the Care Standards Act 2000 should continue to use existing forms.

New registration

From 1 October 2010, all adult social care and independent healthcare providers who provide regulated activities will be required to be registered with us. To do so, providers must show they are meeting new essential standards of quality and safety across all of the regulated activities they provide.

Registration applications under the new system will commence from April to September 2010. We will be asking providers to make their registration applications within a four week window - this means providers will be given a four week period in which to submit their application.

We will write to providers to notify them of their application dates. We will contact all providers in the coming months with further information about how and when to apply for registration.

Verifying your details for the new registration system

From 1 October 2010, all providers of adult social care and independent healthcare services must show that they are meeting essential standards of quality and safety in order to be registered with us in accordance with new legislation.

This is a significant change - under the current system, establishments are registered and in the new system, providers will be registered. By this we mean the legal entity that provides the service to people (whether this is an individual, partnership or organisation). Examples of a provider could be a company, a charity or a local authority.

In readiness for the new system, we recently contacted providers to check that the details we hold on our register are accurate and up to date. We wanted to ensure that the establishments on our database are linked correctly to the right provider. In some cases this meant that we may have contacted both the provider and the establishment. This was unavoidable and we apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.

We have had a very good response and would like to thank you for your prompt reply and cooperation.

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