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Registration - NHS

Initial Registration

Certificates based on the original Notices of Decision issued

Register has been refreshed and will be updated at fortnightly intervals

‘Tidying up’ through interim variations due to complete end July

Refreshed certificates will then be issued by end July

Monitoring of compliance

Activity taking place in all regions

Of the 22 providers with compliance conditions at initial registration, 4 have had all of them removed with two further trusts in the process of having one or more removed.

86 improvement letters issued about areas of concern that represent a risk to maintaining compliance

Agenda item: 5

Ref: PAG/02/10/03

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Registration – ASC/IHC

Initiating Registration

12 of 15 batches opened

This represents 9,862 providers with 20,428 establishments

Issue – about 2,000 providers have not responded to validation step and we have not been able to contact

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Registration – ASC/IHC

Applications submitted

9 batches closed

97% applications submitted by deadline

Across all batches, 6,546 applications submitted

Issue – high rate of errors in applications leading to reopening and resubmission of forms – running at about 20% re-opened

New in scope providers

1 application received with 90 now in process – deadline 1 August

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Registration – ASC/IHC

Processing applications

2,083 completed to 30 June

Additional capacity identified and further prioritisation or registration over next 3 months

16 Notice of Decision have been issued for 5 providers as part of a pilot release and we will begin releasing in volume this week.

Remain on track to have issued all providers with Notices of Decisions by 1 Oct

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Registration – ASC/IHC

Publication strategy

Objectives for media launch

• Provide the public with clear and accessible information about our decisions to register providers

• Explain conditions as they apply to individual providers

• Demonstrate the benefits of the new registration system to the public, providers and other key stakeholders

• Inform providers about the regulatory model and how information will be published

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Registration – ASC/IHC

Tactics for media launch

• Publish in batches leading up to 1 October in order to manage the volume of media queries and to prevent unsupportable number of web hits on 1 October

• Publish a summary for each provider with conditions. This document will explain to the public what the conditions are and what locations they apply to

• Publish “big corporates” separately, with separate press releases for some.

• Issue press release/s about services we have refused to register

• 1 October launch, with press release about key themes and trends

• Features and articles in the trade press targeted at providers

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Fees – 10/11 interim scheme

Consultation closed on 16 June - good level of response from major stakeholder organisations 

Generally supportive of our proposals, especially for limited change and holding rates at this year's levels 

Our response is with Ministers for clearance, expected before summer recess 

We made a number of changes to the scheme in direct response to feedback 

We expect to be able to share the final scheme with providers and partners during late July, subject to obtaining Ministerial sign-off 

The fees scheme will then take effect from 1 October

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Fees – Future scheme

Turnover based system considered to be the fairest

Feasibility study on acquiring turnover information at registration and thereafter being undertaken

Modelling on banding underway

Contingency options should turnover not be feasible being prepared

On track to consult later this year