What is regulation 37 in standard care?

Regulation 37 is a regulation that is set out under the Care Standards Act. Basically it is a regulation that requires all providers to inform CQC of incidents that may occur in a care home such as an accident that resulted in a hospital visit, anything that might affect the well being of the service users such as burglary of theft etc etc. This regulation also applies to domiciliary care and childrens homes.