Personalise the next step
Choose your position and main question to find relevant support and preparation tools.
Find my next step ↗Scope and registration considerations
- Check the accommodation, personal-care and nursing activities against the provider's actual registration.
- Regulation 9A addresses visiting and accompanying for relevant activities in specified settings, subject to its legal qualifications.
- DoLS remains relevant where applicable, but assessment must reflect the Supreme Court's June 2026 judgment.
Suggested evidence priorities
These are practical audit recommendations. They are not a claim that CQC requires an identical checklist from every provider.
- Individual care, nutrition, hydration and medicines arrangements.
- Safe staffing, recruitment and supervision.
- Visiting decisions, consent and restrictions.
- Premises, equipment and infection-control checks.
- Governance trends, resident feedback and repeat audit findings.
Useful independent guides
Primary sources
Review your service in context.
Describe the activities, locations and questions that matter for your service.
Discuss your requirementsRelated guidance and next steps
Content version: . Named expert review remains pending for public launch.