The Professional Standards Authority for Health and Social Care (PSA) and 38 health and social care regulators and registers have committed to developing shared principles for the use of AI across the UK.
The organisations have signed a joint Statement of Intent supporting the safe, effective and ethical use of AI by health and social care professionals.
The work aims to bring greater consistency to regulatory expectations, while protecting patients, service users and public confidence as the use of AI across health and social care grows.
The statement highlights the need for clarity on when patients and service users should be told that AI is being used in their care. It also says professionals must remain accountable for decisions made with AI-assisted tools.
The signatories comprise the PSA, 10 professional regulators and the Accredited Registers Collaborative (ARC), which represents 28 Accredited Registers.
They include the General Medical Council, Nursing and Midwifery Council, General Dental Council, General Pharmaceutical Council and Health and Care Professions Council.
Caroline Corby, chair of the PSA, said that “as AI becomes increasingly embedded in health and care, regulation must keep pace”.
“Confidence by the public and professionals in the benefits of AI rests on appropriate safeguards, accountability and consistency in expectations about how it is used.
“By working together, we can take a preventative approach to regulation that supports innovation while maintaining professional standards,” she added.
Source: Digital Health, 17 September 2026
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