Department of Health, July 2014
- From April 2015, subject to parliamentary approval, all health and social care providers will be required to meet fundamental standards of care as a condition of their registration with the Care Quality Commission. This document sets out the CQC approach to introducing new fundamental standards, the Duty of Candour and the fit and proper persons requirement.
- The registration requirements apply only to providers of regulated activities that require registration with CQC. The commissioning of health or adult social care services is not a regulated activity, and the registration requirements do not, therefore, apply to commissioning. However, CQC has a power to carry out a special review or investigation of commissioning with the specific agreement of the Secretary of State.
- See all consultation documents and regulations here
