Learn: Learnhttps://www.pslhub.org/learn/organisations-linked-to-patient-safety-uk-and-beyond/regulators-and-their-regulations/?d=1Learn: LearnenProfessional Standards Agency: Guidance to help regulators use new powers to protect the public (24 June 2025)https://www.pslhub.org/learn/organisations-linked-to-patient-safety-uk-and-beyond/regulators-and-their-regulations/professional-standards-agency-guidance-to-help-regulators-use-new-powers-to-protect-the-public-24-june-2025-r13326/ The regulators will have new powers to use a less adversarial and quicker ‘accepted outcomes’ process for dealing with complaints about healthcare professionals. PSA accepted outcomes guidance: 

  • provides pointers to help regulators decide when a case can be resolved without a public hearing
  • advises on when a hearing might be needed to maintain public confidence and ensure a robust review of the evidence
  • helps regulators decide who should make the final decision on a case when not referring it to a hearing
  • helps regulators decide what information to include when publishing decisions.    

The regulators will also have new powers to make and amend the rules governing the way they regulate. The rulemaking guidance:  

  • lays out principles to guide regulators to use their powers transparently, with appropriate consultation and in a way which prioritises public protection 
  • encourages regulators to consider how their use of these powers aligns with the practice of other professional regulators, as appropriate.

Guidance for regulators on good practice in rulemaking (June 2025)

Report on the outcome of the consultation on good practice guidance to support regulatory reform (June 2025)

Guidance for regulators on using accepted outcomes in fitness to practise (June 2025)

PSA Accepted outcomes guidance project

]]>13326Wed, 02 Jul 2025 08:05:02 +0000Regulating reliably: building high-reliability regulators in healthcare (24 January 2025)https://www.pslhub.org/learn/organisations-linked-to-patient-safety-uk-and-beyond/regulators-and-their-regulations/regulating-reliably-building-high-reliability-regulators-in-healthcare-24-january-2025-r12719/12719Wed, 05 Feb 2025 13:11:00 +0000Drug company methodologies used for reporting in the UK pharmaceutical industry payment transparency database between 2015 and 2019: A content analysis (13 September 2024)https://www.pslhub.org/learn/organisations-linked-to-patient-safety-uk-and-beyond/regulators-and-their-regulations/drug-company-methodologies-used-for-reporting-in-the-uk-pharmaceutical-industry-payment-transparency-database-between-2015-and-2019-a-content-analysis-13-september-2024-r12315/12315Wed, 30 Oct 2024 12:16:00 +0000Should regulatory organisations undergo a Health and Safety risk assessment? (Vanessa Webb, 1 April 2023)https://www.pslhub.org/learn/organisations-linked-to-patient-safety-uk-and-beyond/regulators-and-their-regulations/should-regulatory-organisations-undergo-a-health-and-safety-risk-assessment-vanessa-webb-1-april-2023-r9519/9519Wed, 07 Jun 2023 10:43:00 +0000Joint letter from the NMC, Chief Nursing Officers and the CQC (11 November 2022)https://www.pslhub.org/learn/organisations-linked-to-patient-safety-uk-and-beyond/regulators-and-their-regulations/joint-letter-from-the-nmc-chief-nursing-officers-and-the-cqc-11-november-2022-r8179/8179Tue, 15 Nov 2022 16:09:00 +0000HSIB blog: Reviewing our new powers and how they will impact you (11 October 2022)https://www.pslhub.org/learn/organisations-linked-to-patient-safety-uk-and-beyond/regulators-and-their-regulations/hsib-blog-reviewing-our-new-powers-and-how-they-will-impact-you-11-october-2022-r7906/ Key points
  • HSSIB’s safety investigations will have legal privilege, also often referred to as ‘safe space’. This means that its investigation evidence and findings are subject to special protections. They cannot be disclosed without the HSSIB chief investigator’s consent, or without a High Court order that has assessed the public benefit of that disclosure.
  • HSSIB will not need to obtain prior patient or family consent to speak to staff and capture the details of what happened during an incident.
  • HSSIB will have the power to require staff to speak to its investigators.
  • HSSIB investigators will have the authority to enter healthcare premises, inspect any equipment or documents and take copies or remove any item as long as doing so does not pose a risk to the safety of any patient.
  • HSSIB’s powers will extend to investigations for care received in private and independent healthcare providers.
  • After April 2023, maternity investigations will continue with a new body—the Maternity and Newborn Safety Investigations special health authority (MNSI), which will have a separate remit and powers to HSSIB.
]]>7906Wed, 12 Oct 2022 10:49:11 +0000Healthcare Inspectorate Wales annual report 2021-2022 (28 September 2022)https://www.pslhub.org/learn/organisations-linked-to-patient-safety-uk-and-beyond/regulators-and-their-regulations/healthcare-inspectorate-wales-annual-report-2021-2022-28-september-2022-r7752/ During 2021-22, the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic continued to put intense pressure on healthcare services and required HIW to adapt its processes and approach to its work. This report outlines how HIW introduced new ways of working to ensure it discharged its statutory functions, whilst being as flexible and adaptable as possible to avoid putting undue pressure on health services. The report describes HIW's progress against its four strategic priorities:

  1. To maximise the impact of our work to support improvement in healthcare
  2. To take action when standards are not met
  3. To be more visible
  4. To develop our people and our organisation to do the best job possible

It also details HIW's spending and performance against specific objectives for 2021-22.

]]>7752Wed, 28 Sep 2022 08:29:00 +0000The Spectator - The petty cruelty of the GMC (20 August 2022)https://www.pslhub.org/learn/organisations-linked-to-patient-safety-uk-and-beyond/regulators-and-their-regulations/the-spectator-the-petty-cruelty-of-the-gmc-20-august-2022-r7400/7400Tue, 23 Aug 2022 08:47:00 +0000BMJ - From FDA to MHRA: are drug regulators for hire? (29 June 2022)https://www.pslhub.org/learn/organisations-linked-to-patient-safety-uk-and-beyond/regulators-and-their-regulations/bmj-from-fda-to-mhra-are-drug-regulators-for-hire-29-june-2022-r7103/7103Thu, 30 Jun 2022 11:37:59 +0000Professional Standards Authority: Let’s get it right for public protection (April 2021)https://www.pslhub.org/learn/organisations-linked-to-patient-safety-uk-and-beyond/regulators-and-their-regulations/professional-standards-authority-let%E2%80%99s-get-it-right-for-public-protection-april-2021-r4431/4431Wed, 14 Apr 2021 11:28:00 +0000Medicines and Medical Devices Act 2021https://www.pslhub.org/learn/organisations-linked-to-patient-safety-uk-and-beyond/regulators-and-their-regulations/medicines-and-medical-devices-act-2021-r4472/4472Sat, 20 Mar 2021 16:17:00 +0000Guidance for registered medical practitioners on the Notification of Deaths Regulations 2019https://www.pslhub.org/learn/organisations-linked-to-patient-safety-uk-and-beyond/regulators-and-their-regulations/guidance-for-registered-medical-practitioners-on-the-notification-of-deaths-regulations-2019-r721/721Tue, 01 Oct 2019 15:55:00 +0000Patient safety regulation in the NHS: mapping the regulatory landscape of healthcarehttps://www.pslhub.org/learn/organisations-linked-to-patient-safety-uk-and-beyond/regulators-and-their-regulations/patient-safety-regulation-in-the-nhs-mapping-the-regulatory-landscape-of-healthcare-r321/ This mapping revealed over 126 organisations who exert some regulatory influence on NHS provider organisations in addition to 211 Clinical Commissioning Groups. The majority of these organisations set standards and collect data from provider organisations and a considerable number carry out investigations. The variability in approach and overlapping functions suggest that there is no overall integrated regulatory approach.

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