Care Standards Tribunal, 2025-07-07 (Alpha Medical Care Limited v Care Quality Commission)
| Jurisdiction | United Kingdom |
| Neutral Citation | [2025] UKFTT 00824 (HESC) |
| Date | 07 July 2025 |
| Registration Number | 2024/01321/.EA |
| Court | Care Standards Tribunal |
1
First-tier Tribunal Care Standards
The Tribunal Procedure (First-tier Tribunal) (Health, Education and Social
Care) Rules 2008
2024-01321.EA
NCN: [2025] UKFTT 00824 (HESC)
Heard on 30 June 2025 remotely via video.
BEFORE
Mr SJW Lewis (Judicial Member)
Mrs L Jacobs (Specialist Member)
Mr M Cann (Specialist Member)
BETWEEN: Alpha Medical Care Limited Appellant
v
Care Quality Commission Respondent
DECISION
The Appeal
1. The Appellant company appealed (“the Appeal”) a decision by the Respondent
(“the Decision”), set out in a written notice dated 1 November 2024, to cancel the
Appellant’s registration as a service provider in respect of the regulated activity of
personal care.
2. The relevant powers of cancellation are set out in section 17(1)(e) of the Health
and Social Care Act 2008 (“the Act”) and regulation 6(1)(c) of the Care Quality
Commission (Registration) Regulations 2009 (“the 2009 Regulations”).
3. The Decision was made on the basis that, at the time of the Decision, the Appellant
was not carrying on the regulated activity of personal care and had not been for a
continuous period of at least 12 months. It other words: it was considered dormant.
Attendance and representation at the hearing
4. The Appellant was not legally represented. Mr K Agyeman, a director of the
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