CQC registration conditions for a care home typically specify the premises address, the regulated activity and the service user group. Any material change to the premises including a change of address, a significant structural alteration, or a change in the area of the building used may require a variation to the registration conditions.
Why this matters
Operating outside your registration conditions is a criminal breach of the Health and Social Care Act 2008. Providers who carry out major refurbishment work or extend their premises without considering the registration implications may find themselves in breach without realising it.
What to do
- 1Review your current CQC certificate note exactly what premises are specified in the registration conditions.
- 2Before any significant building work that changes the footprint, layout or address of the care home, contact CQC to establish whether a variation is required.
- 3For any extension or conversion that creates new resident accommodation, treat a registration variation as part of the project plan not an afterthought.
- 4Keep a copy of all variation correspondence with CQC in your compliance evidence file.
Primary source
CQC Registration and Conditions of Registration
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