OrCore Compliance
CQC statement of purpose and your policies
CQC lists a statement of purpose among the documents everyone must send with a new provider application.
What CQC says
CQC's statement of purpose page describes it as "a legally required document that includes information about you and the care services you provide", and says all services send one. The legal requirement is in regulation 12 of the Care Quality Commission (Registration) Regulations 2009, and Schedule 3 lists the information it covers.
What OrCore prepares
The OrCore pack includes a draft statement of purpose alongside your draft policies. Like the policies, it is written from your answers about your business, for you to check, change and sign off as your own. OrCore doesn't decide what your service offers: the draft records what you told us.
How OrCore Compliance works
- You answer fixed questions about your business on a screen. Most questions ask you to describe what you do in your own words.
- Your answers fill OrCore's master policies, so the drafts describe your service in your own terms.
- You read each draft policy, change anything that isn't right, and sign it off as your own. Nothing is final until you have.
A typical home care business answers about 618 questions. The exact number depends on your service, because questions that don't apply to you are left out. Allow around six to eight hours in total. Most people spread it over several sittings.
What OrCore does not do
OrCore does not give advice. The questions record what you tell us your business does. They don't tell you how to run your service, and they don't set any standard or figure. For advice about your own service, please speak to a qualified specialist of your choice.
No guarantee of registration. CQC makes its own decision on every application, and nobody can promise an outcome. Your policies are one part of your application, and you are responsible for checking that each one describes how your business really works.