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HSC 2001/021: Care Standards Act 2000: guidance to local authority and health authority registration and inspection units on the transfer of registration for existing regulated providers to the National Care Standards Commission

  • Document type:
    Health Service Circular
  • Author:
    Department of Health
  • Published date:
    14 November 2001
  • Primary audience:
    Professionals
  • Gateway reference:
    2001
  • Series number:
    HSC 2001/021, equivalent to LA
  • Pages:
    4
  • Copyright holder:
    Crown copyright

The Care Standards Act 2000 created a new regulatory framework for all currently regulated social care and independent health care services. This circular provides guidance on how service providers regulated under the Registered Homes Act 1984, The Children Act 1989 and the Nurses Agency Act 1957, will have their registration or licence transferred into registration with the National Care Standards Commission. Equivalent to LAC (2001)30.

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