Nominated Individual
A Nominated Individual is the person a CQC-registered organisation names as responsible for supervising how its regulated activities are carried on, and they must be an employed director, manager or company secretary of the provider.
Nominated Individual in practice
The role exists so that CQC has one named, accountable person inside an organisation rather than a company name alone. It applies to organisations, not to individual or partnership providers.
A Nominated Individual is not the same thing as a Registered Manager, although one person can hold both roles in a small service. The Registered Manager runs the regulated activity day to day and is registered with CQC in their own right. The Nominated Individual supervises how the organisation carries on that activity and is accountable for it at provider level.
CQC assesses the Nominated Individual for suitability, and the organisation must tell CQC when the role changes hands. Naming someone who is not genuinely involved in the running of the service is a common reason applications are questioned, because CQC will expect that person to answer for the provider.
Back to the glossaryRelated definitions
Registered Manager
A Registered Manager is the person registered with CQC to manage a regulated activity at a specific location, and most services cannot legally operate without one in post.
Read definitionFit and Proper Person Test
The fit and proper person requirement obliges providers to satisfy themselves that directors and equivalent senior people are of good character, physically and mentally fit for the role, appropriately qualified and experienced, and have not been responsible for serious misconduct or mismanagement.
Read definitionEnhanced DBS check
An enhanced DBS check is the highest standard level of criminal record check, and for CQC registration it must normally be an enhanced check with the appropriate barred list check, countersigned by CQC where the applicant is not a registered healthcare professional.
Read definitionRegistering with CQC or Ofsted?
Tell us what you plan to provide. We will explain what applies to your service and what it costs, with no obligation.