Registration fees

All providers registered with the CQC will have to pay registration fees from 1 April 2010.

The CQC has consulted on its proposals for fees that will apply to NHS trusts during 2010/11. The proposals included:

an annual registration fee
a fee for new registrations
a fee for applications to vary the conditions of registration or a suspension of registration.

NHS Confederation viewpoint

Speaking on 26 January NHS Confederation chief executive Steve Barnett said: "Although NHS providers have been told the regulatory fees framework will be cost neutral, it is not clear how this will be delivered. We are not yet convinced of the logic which requires NHS organisations to incur significant transaction costs in paying these fees and for the fees then to be reimbursed through a mechanism which has yet to be made public."

NHS Confederation consultation response

Our response to the CQC consultation draws on feedback from the range of providers of NHS care. The CQC's proposed fee structure only relates to the NHS from 2010/11 but our consultation response sets out the guiding principles we believe should underpin the overal registration fee structure for all health and social care providers from 2011/12.

Download our full response to the consultation.