Ofsted and CQC joint registration guidance: Children’s homes and health care
This guide is for providers and commissioners to help them understand the registration requirements with CQC and Ofsted and when to register with one or both regulatory bodies.
Applies to England
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The guide will help providers and commissioners to understand if the provider of an Ofsted registered children’s home also provides regulated activities that must be registered with CQC. It also describes how some providers who are registered with CQC need to register accommodation with Ofsted as a children’s home.
Updates to this page
Last updated 19 July 2024 + show all updates
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Updated to provide more clarity around registration and to better explain which regulator to apply to and for what. Some definitions and example settings have been added as well as more details on the registration and oversight regimes of different settings.
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First published.