A care Agency or Nursing Agency or Temporary staffing Agency is like a recruitment agency that supplies temporary staff to healthcare organizations. The staffing is mostly temporal (N/B: some hospitals or care homes may want to engage your staff in long-term contracts). 

The difference between a care agency and other recruitment agencies is that the staffs you recruit are your staff but they work for the organizations you have contracts with, it’s mostly as the need arises.

The success of this business is mostly dependent on the quality of staff you supply, you can lose contracts if you are known for supplying untrained of unqualified staff. Your major clients are care homes, residential care, mental hospitals, and community/general hospitals

It is important you know the regulations that cover this type of business operating in the UK.

You don’t need to register with CQC to start a care agency.