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(asked on 20th July 2021) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has taken steps to improve the processes for licensing domiciliary care companies; and whether the licensing process includes an assessment of the owner's business history.


Answered by
Gillian Keegan Portrait
Gillian Keegan
Secretary of State for Education
This question was answered on 26th October 2021

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is responsible for registering services carrying out a regulated activity in England. Registration informs how the CQC inspects, rates, monitors and enforces against services once they are registered.

The CQC has developed a flexible and risk-based approach to registration, including developing a more efficient digital service for providers and staff which eases the burden on applicants. It has also made changes to better support innovative and new care models. The CQC’s registration process also now ensures that key information about the ownership and regulatory history of a provider is published on their website. The process includes an assessment of the owner’s business history, if the applicant had been registered with the CQC previously under the Health and Social Care Act 2008 or predecessor legislation.

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