About CIW Registration
Registering a regulated service with Care Inspectorate Wales: the eight service types, the documents required before you apply, and the published timescales.
What is on this site
One question, "care inspectorate wales registration", answered with a quote form that works on the page with no account, 3 guides on the questions around it, a data table you can cite (the figures and their method), and the sources every figure rests on.
- Which services must register with Care Inspectorate Wales?: The eight regulated services under the Regulation and Inspection of Social Care (Wales) Act 2016, what CIW inspects but does not register, and how Wales differs.
- CIW registration timescales: how long an application takes: Care Inspectorate Wales publishes 14 weeks for an initial application and 6 weeks for responsible individual and variation applications. What makes it longer.
- The responsible individual: the role at the centre of CIW registration: Section 6 of the 2016 Act requires a designated responsible individual for each place a service is provided. What CIW asks for and why the role gates the application.
Reach us
Contact for a question about the site, or enquiries@ciwregistration.co.uk. The legal terms are on Terms and Privacy.
CIW Registration is an independent information site and free introduction service operated by Ellul Solutions Ltd. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by or approved by Care Inspectorate Wales, the Welsh Government or any other body named here, and nothing on it is legal or regulatory advice. We pass your details to relevant registration consultants who contact you directly, and we may receive a fee from providers; you pay nothing and are under no obligation. Requirements and timescales are quoted from CIW's published pages on the updated date above and change without notice: confirm them at careinspectorate.wales before relying on them.