Registration

• How to register
• Apply for registration: download the forms you need to register
• Change or vary registration
• Questions about registration

Inspection

• How we inspect
• Ratings and reports
• Self assessment: annual quality assurance assessment (AQAA)
• Enforcement

Law and standards

Understanding the difference between:

• Acts
• Regulations
• National minimum standards 

Latest guidance

Read our latest guidance on the many different aspects of running a care service.

• Find a guidance document

Latest publications

• Cutting the cake fairly
• 22 October 2008
• Our report finds that the current system for asessing whether someone is eligible for publicly funded social care is flawed.  
• Find more publications

News

• Get the most from volunteering
• 29 September 2008
• We are keen to encourage providers of care services to raise the profile of volunteering.
• Get more news