CQC Events - How to register your dental service

1. 1.Who needs to register?
2. 2.When do you need to register?
3. 3.Timetable for registration 2011
4. 4.Who we are working with
5. 5.Fees
6. 6.What you can be doing now to prepare for registration
7. 7.Developing registration for primary dental care

1. 1. Who needs to register?
   Under the Health and Social Care Act 2008, providers of primary dental care that provide regulated activities must be registered with us from 1 April 2011.
   
   Read our guidance on the scope of registration that sets out which regulated activities will need to be included in your registration.
   
   Read our overview guide on the registration process (published 19 May 2010) Back to Top
2. 2. When do you need to register?
   Most primary dental care providers must be registered from 1 April 2011. However, some will need to be registered before this date.
   
   Providers of primary dental care that will need to be registered before 1 April 2011:
   
   * 1 April 2010 - Where a Primary Care Trust provider arm, or an acute NHS trust hospital, directly provides dental care services, these must be included in their registration from 1 April 2010.
   * 1 October 2010 - Where an independent hospital directly provides dental care services, these must be included in their registration from 1 October 2010. Back to Top
3. 3. Timetable for registration 2011
   We have successfully piloted the registration model for primary dental care providers and we will be publishing more information over the next couple of months.
   
   The key dates for registration are:
   
   * From October 2010: Registration application open.
   * From 1 April 2011: All primary dental care and independent ambulance providers must be registered with us.
   * April 2011 onwards: Compliance monitoring commences.
   
   To help you prepare for the new registration system, we have identified five key phases that outline the registration process and what you can expect to happen in each phase.
   
   Read more about the key phases of registration for primary dental care providers (published 19 May 2010) Back to Top
4. 4. Who we are working with
   We are committed to the promotion of joined up care, improving access to timely and reliable information and putting people who use services at the centre of registration. We are therefore working with as wide a range of stakeholders as possible that include:
   
   * professional organisations (eg other regulatory bodies and professional indemnity insurers);
   * patient organisations (eg Local Involvement Networks);
   * other monitoring organisations;
   * insurance and membership schemes;
   * NHS commissioners;
   * trade associations; and
   * providers themselves (eg individual clinics and corporate organisations etc).
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5. 5. Fees
   All providers of primary dental care services will not be required to pay an initial registration fee but will be required to pay a fee from April 2011. However, we will hold a consultation on our fees scheme that will give providers the opportunity to comment on our proposal. We will fully consult before introducing any fees and take account of views expressed.
   
   The interim fees scheme for NHS trusts in 2010/ 2011, and the fees scheme for independent healthcare providers under the old system of registration (the Care Standards Act 2000) do not provide a blueprint for future fees. From April 2011 we will have developed an overall policy on fees applicable to each of the various types of service providers under registration. This policy will replace all former or interim schemes.
   
   Read about our approach to fees and consultations  Back to Top
6. 6. What you can be doing now to prepare for registration
   To prepare for registration, providers of primary dental care and independent ambulances can:
   
   

   * Read the latest Department of Health regulations
   * Read our Guidance about Compliance published in March 2010
   * Check your own internal reporting and audit systems
   * Consider what evidence you already hold and what you need to create
   * Consider evidence on outcomes
   * Be aware of activities in other sectors as they come into the new registration system

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7. 7. Developing registration for primary dental care
   Dental care services are subject to a range of checks in areas such as professional regulation, NHS performance monitoring and accreditation by private insurance and membership schemes.
   
   We are committed to reducing bureaucracy and unnecessary regulatory burden on providers and our approach to registration of primary dental care providers will aim to coordinate with existing schemes, enable consistency and avoid duplication and promote joined up care. Back to Top

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