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Adult social care provider information provisions: formal notice

Formal notice for adult social care providers, setting out the information required by the Secretary of State under section 277A of the Health and Social Care Act 2012.

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From:
Department of Health and Social Care
Published:
14 July 2022
Last updated:
15 April 2025
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  1. Under 'Information required under section 277A from 15 July 2023', updated wording on information related to visiting, to match the information required. In the same section, removed the requirement for providers to supply updates on COVID-19 cases in staff and residents.

  2. Updated the list of information required to remove ‘full primary course of the COVID-19 vaccination’ from the collection for directly employed staff, agency or bank staff, residents and home care setting staff; and removal of full primary course definition.

  3. Updated the list of information required to remove ‘(vacant) not available for admission - reasons bed not available’ and to clarify that COVID-19 vaccination data is required when collected as part of a campaign. Removed ‘PPE availability’ from the list of operational support data items.

  4. Updated the list of mandatory data items to replace references to 'autumn booster' with 'seasonal booster'. A definition of this has been added to the section on COVID-19 vaccination question definitions.

  5. Updated the list of mandatory data items, including changes to workforce data collection and domiciliary care packages of care collection. Added a link to the new enforcement guidance.

  6. First published.

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Formal notice of a mandate for all adult social care providers

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This publication is the formal notice required under section 277A of the Health and Social Care Act 2012 (as inserted by the Health and Care Act 2022).

It sets out what information is required by the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care from adult social care providers regulated by the Care Quality Commission.

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