Domiciliary Care

CQC PIR Support for Adult Social Care Providers

For busy registered managers and care providers, completing the Care Quality Commission (CQC) Provider Information Return (PIR) can feel like another major task alongside staffing, safeguarding, incidents and day-to-day service delivery. However, effective CQC PIR support can turn the return into a useful account of how your service performs, learns and improves. The PIR is more than an administrative form. It gives the CQC information about your service, what is working well, the barriers you […]

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What Documents Do You Need to Register a Domiciliary Care Agency with CQC?

The full list of what CQC requires from every provider applicant, what’s specific to homecare agencies, and what trips people up most often — from the team at Care Quality Support. Every week, someone gets in touch with the same question, usually sent in a mild panic: “I’ve started my Provider Portal application — what documents does CQC actually want from me?” Here’s the honest answer: more than most people expect, and CQC will reject

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Understanding care planning in health and social care

Understanding care planning in health and social care is essential for any provider aiming to deliver high-quality, person-centred support. This article explores understanding care planning in health and social care and explains how it shapes outcomes, compliance, and lived experience within services. Care planning is not an administrative task. Instead, it is the most important clinical and operational document in any service. It directly influences a person’s safety, dignity, and quality of life. When done

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CQC Registration Changes (9 February 2026): Urgent, High‑Impact Steps for Domiciliary Care & Supported Living

CQC Registration Changes (9 February 2026): Urgent, High‑Impact Steps for Domiciliary Care & Supported Living

From 9 February 2026, CQC has introduced important changes to registration requirements for domiciliary care (home care) agencies and supported living services in England. These changes are designed to accelerate the registration process by ensuring only complete, well-prepared applications are assessed, but they also significantly raise the bar for documentation and readiness from day one. Below is a combined, practical overview of what new and existing providers for supported living and domiciliary care need to

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As a Domiciliary Care Agency, if we deliver PEG feed and medication to a client, do we need to change our CQC registration of personal care and add TTDI?

Do you need CQC TDDI registration for PEG feeding in Domiciliary Care?

To answer the question “Do I need TDDI for PEG feeding?”. You do not automatically need to add “Treatment of disease, disorder or injury” (TDDI) to your CQC registration just because you are PEG‑feeding and administering medicines via PEG in a domiciliary care service, but it depends on who is directing the treatment and how the task is delegated and governed. Key CQC points When personal care registration is usually enough If your domiciliary care

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