Trigger Criteria

5.1    The duty to act will be activated if any of the following criteria is met:

• The council is notified of the imminent business failure of a regulated care provider in Gloucestershire
  
  
•       The council is advised of the immediate deregistration and closure of a regulated care provider by the  Care Quality Commission (CQC), for example, on the grounds of health and safety or assessed risk to service users
  
  
•            The council is notified of a major and immediate unplanned business interruption, for example, a significant fire or flood, and where the care providers’ own business continuity plan is unable or has failed to address the resulting service impact.