Delivering healthcare or aesthetic treatments from a remote clinic or home-based environment can offer flexibility, convenience, and lower overheads—but it also comes with clear regulatory responsibilities. If your service involves regulated activities, you must register with the Care Quality Commission (CQC) before you start operating.
At BAXCQC, we regularly support clinics, prescribers, and practitioners to navigate this process—helping you to avoid costly mistakes and ensure your service is compliant from day one.
Under the Health and Social Care Act 2008, any individual or organisation carrying out a regulated activity in England must be registered with the CQC. This applies whether you operate from:
If you are providing or supervising regulated healthcare activities such as laser treatments for medical purposes, consultations, or minor surgical procedures, you are likely to require registration.
The CQC’s Regulation 12 (Safe Care and Treatment) and Regulation 17 (Good Governance) are particularly relevant for these providers, ensuring that safe systems, effective governance, and quality oversight are in place—regardless of the setting.
Regulation 12 requires that “care and treatment is provided in a safe way for service users,” including the proper assessment and management of risks, cleanliness, infection control, and appropriate medicines handling.
Regulation 17 requires providers to have “systems or processes to assess, monitor and improve the quality and safety of the services provided.”
Remote and home-based services face unique compliance challenges:
1. Premises Suitability:
Your environment must meet CQC standards for cleanliness, privacy, infection control, and emergency preparedness—even if you are working from home.
Getting registration right the first time saves weeks of delay and unnecessary stress. The BAXCQC team-comprising experienced compliance consultants and CQC specialists-has helped many healthcare and aesthetic providers to achieve successful registration outcomes.
Our support includes:
We understand the complexities of balancing aesthetics and healthcare regulation—and we know exactly what CQC inspectors are looking for.
We have provided CQC registration support for many provider types including:
Don’t risk your registration being delayed or refused due to incomplete documentation or unclear governance structures. Whether you’re setting up a remote clinic, treating clients from your home, or expanding your aesthetic practice into medical procedures, expert guidance can make all the difference.
Contact us today to ensure your CQC registration is compliant, comprehensive, and stress-free from the start.