Notifications for non-NHS providers
All adult social care, independent healthcare, primary dental care and independent ambulance providers must notify us under the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (HSCA) about a number of changes, events and incidents affecting your service or the people who use it. This includes ex-NHS community interest companies (CICs).
The law requires these notifications to be submitted within certain timescales.
You can find out more about statutory notifications under the HSCA in our essential standards document.
We have produced a table showing the required notifications, the HSCA regulations they fall under and the essential standards outcomes they relate to.
Who do I send the notifications to?
We have produced guidance that explains when you must submit notifications, and how you should send them to us.
Notifications of the death or absence of people detained, or liable to be detained, under the Mental Health Act 1983 (MHA) are dealt with under a separate process.
Find out more about making Mental Health Act notifications.
Forms
We have produced standard forms you can use to submit notifications. You do not have to use the forms, but doing so will ensure all the information required by law is included.
The forms provide space for you to tell us about the event and what you have done about it.
This will help us decide whether you handled the event correctly and are continuing to comply with the essential standards without having to visit or ask for more information.
The forms are ‘protected’ Word documents. You can move from section to section by pressing your ‘return’, ‘tab’ and arrow keys, or by using your mouse.
You can put crosses in check boxes by pressing your spacebar when they’re selected or by clicking with your mouse.
You should email completed forms to us at HSCA_notifications@cqc.org.uk.
