You must submit your notification online or send it by email
When and how to tell us about an incident relating to your service that is reported to or investigated by the police.
NHS trusts do not need to notify us about police attendance.
You must notify us of incidents which may affect someone's health, safety and welfare when using, visiting or working at your service. You must tell us as soon as possible.
Exceptions
Do not use this form if you have made a report to the police if a person using your service was affected by one of these events. In these cases you should use the specific notification form:
How to notify us
There are 2 ways you can tell us about police involvement.
Notify us online: new CQC portal
Use the online form: Police involvement in an incident.
Create an account or sign in to notify us using the new CQC provider portal
Email a Word form
Use this form to tell us about police involvement in an incident.
You must use this up-to-date form and provide all the information we ask for. If your form is incomplete we will return it to you.
Statutory notification: Incidents reported to or investigated by the police
NHS trusts do not need to notify us about police .
If you are using assistive technology and have any issues using this form, please contact us to let us know. We will make reasonable adjustments wherever possible.
Email the completed form to HSCA_notifications@cqc.org.uk.
Your notification
Your acknowledgement number may be different to what you expect. As we upgrade our systems you will receive either an ENQ reference number, notification ID, or case ID. Any of these numbers will identify your notification.