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Independent health care

How to complete the online registration form

If you have received a letter telling you your 28-day window to apply for registration has now opened, please follow our step by step guide:

Find out how to complete the online application form

Find help with other registration queries:

You can also find additional guidance on the following subjects:

I want to register as a new provider

Find the forms you need to register a new care service

I want to make changes to or vary my registration

Find out how to change or vary your registration

I was previously exempt from registration under the Care Standards Act (CSA)

Find out how to register if you were previously exempt from registration

How will you make a decision over my application?

Find out about how we make decisions and apply conditions

I will no longer have to be registered with CQC after 1 October

Find out about possible fee rebates for providers whose services will no longer be registered

How do I comply with the new regulations?

Read our Guidance about compliance

What is a Quality and Risk Profile (QRP)?

Find our guidance on QRPs and how they will affect you

Registration under Care Standards Act (CSA)

Providers registered under the CSA will continue to be assessed under the CSA until 1 October 2010.

Find the relevant CSA guidance, legislation and enforcement policy