Compliance obligation
Typically legally required for a care home — typically renewing on an ongoing basis.
Status
Typically legally required
How often
Ongoing
Under
Health & Social Care Act 2008
CQC Registration & Inspection is one of the obligations that typically applies to a care home in the UK, under Health & Social Care Act 2008. It needs renewing on an ongoing basis, and enforcement can follow if it lapses.
The full legislation: Health & Social Care Act 2008.
Ongoing. Rated Outstanding/Good/Requires Improvement/Inadequate. Continuous requirement.
Deregistration, enforcement action, criminal prosecution
Is cqc registration & inspection a legal requirement for a care home?
CQC Registration & Inspection typically applies to a care home under UK law, under Health & Social Care Act 2008.
How often does a care home need cqc registration & inspection?
Ongoing. Rated Outstanding/Good/Requires Improvement/Inadequate.
What's the penalty for not having cqc registration & inspection?
Deregistration, enforcement action, criminal prosecution
Keeval tracks cqc registration & inspection against your actual premises, watches the renewal date, and keeps the certificate inspection-ready — free, for all your sites, no card.
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See the full guide →This page highlights the obligation, frequency and penalties that typically apply to premises like yours in England & Wales — general information to help you act on your duties, not legal advice and not a definitive statement of your position. You remain the duty-holder; take your own professional advice where you need certainty. Keeval is a trading name of Brenkon Holdings Limited (no. 16987530).