CQC registration – completing your application

1. CQC registration – completing your application June 2012

2. Account set-up • In early July you’ll receive your 12 digit code. • Set up your registration account and access the application form. • Tell us basic information - including your provider type and your contact details. • Disable any extra codes you don’t need by entering them in the form.

3. Batch windows • Select a 28-day batch window in which you’ll submit your application. • Think about what changes that may be happening and pick a window that best suits you .

4. Provider type • This is the legal entitywhich is responsible for the primary medical services you supply. • It is the overall provider of services that must register with CQC, not the individual premises where care is provided. • You can register as a partnership, an individual or an organisation.

5. CRB and GMC numbers • For registration only the provider and the registered manager will need a CRB number. • If you have a GMC number this can be used instead. • Those without a GMC number will need to have a CQC- countersigned enhanced CRB. • You can apply for this online – more details of this are on the website.

6. Private work • Include all the services the provider is responsible for in your registration form, this includes any private work. • In some cases this may be undertaken by a separate legal entity. • If you do have a separate legal entity this will have to register with CQC in its own right.

7. Filling in and submitting • As part of registration set-up you’ll be asked to create an account. • You can set up access for a second person to help fill in the form. • Either account holder can fill in any part of the application. • You can change or delete user accounts for your application (e.g. if someone leaves) at any time.

8. Filling in and submitting • You’ll need to make one person responsible for signing and submitting the form. • Only the responsible person can do the final review, sign the declaration and submit. • It should be one of the partners on behalf of the partnership or a director on behalf of an organisation. • In a partnership we would expect all partners to look at the application form and accept its contents before it’s signed off and submitted.

9. Changes • You can make changes to any part of your registration application up until the point you submit it to CQC. • Complete the registration application as you currently are - don’t pre-empt changes. • You’ll be able to make changes through your online account from early 2013.

10. More information • To find out more about these concepts and other information needed to register visit the GP area of the CQC website. • www.cqc.org.uk/register