What Services Require CQC Registration?
The question “What services require CQC registration?” is common among providers. According to the Health and Social Care Act 2008, any organisation or individual providing one or more regulated activities must be registered with the CQC before delivering care. Here’s a comprehensive list of services that require CQC registration:
1. Personal Care
For example, home care (domiciliary care) providers supporting people with washing, dressing, or toileting in their homes.
2. Nursing Care
This includes services offering nursing either at home, in care homes, or other community settings.
3. Treatment of Disease, Disorder or Injury
This includes GP services, physiotherapy, rehabilitation, mental health care, and other outpatient or in-home treatments.
4. Diagnostic and Screening Procedures
Services providing X-rays, ultrasound, blood tests, or other diagnostic services fall under this category.
5. Surgical Procedures
Even minor surgeries, including some aesthetic treatments involving scalpels or injections, require registration.
6. Maternity and Midwifery Services
Care offered by midwives or birth centres must be registered.
7. Management of Medicines
Organisations managing or administering medications as part of treatment must register with the CQC.
8. Supported Living (With Regulated Activities)
If personal care is being provided alongside supported accommodation, registration is mandatory.
If you’re asking “What services require CQC registration?”, and your business provides any of these, the answer is: registration is not optional—it’s a legal requirement.
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