Summary
The Government is in the process of reforming the way that health and care professionals are regulated. It is planning to change the legislation for 9 out of the 10 healthcare professional regulators that the Professional Standards Authority (PSA) oversees, giving them a range of new powers and allowing them to operate in a very different way.
The changes the Government intends to roll out will give regulators greater freedom to decide how they operate, including introducing the flexibility to set and amend their own rules. There will also be changes to regulators’ powers and governance arrangements.
The changes will also create an entirely new process for handling fitness to practise (the process by which concerns about healthcare professionals are dealt with).
The PSA support the reforms to healthcare professional regulation but have also identified certain risks that may arise from the new ways of working. PSA has developed guidance that they are now consulting on. The presentation slides attached are from a recent PSA roundtable and give further information on the changes, PSA guidance and the consultation.
PSA are seeking views from everybody with an interest in healthcare professional regulation, including patients, the public, registrants, regulators, professional bodies and employers.
The consultation is open until 5.00 pm on Monday 15 April 2024.
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