Application process for registration

Trusts will undertake the following steps in order to demonstrate that they meet essential standards of quality and safety and become registered with the Care Quality Commission.

From 4 January to 29 January 2010: trusts will have completed and submitted their application to register with us.

January to March 2010: we will assess trusts’ applications, making further enquiries or site visits where needed. We will then make decisions about their registration.

Before April 2010: we will notify trusts of our decisions and then publish the result of our decisions here.

On 1 April 2010: there will be dedicated pages containing information about how well a trust is meeting essential standards of quality and safety on the CQC website.This will include whether a trust has been registered with conditions requiring them to improve in order to meet essential standards.