We do this by improving the regulation and registration of people who work in health and social care. Our work includes:
We apply the principles of right-touch regulation to everything we do - find out more. Not sure how our work contributes to public protection? Read examples of our work in these case studies.
We have just published our latest performance review report for Social Work England. This signals the end of our 2023/24 reporting period. You can read all our reports here or find out more about how we carry out our reviews here.
We publish our latest performance review for Social Work England
The Alliance of Private Sector Practitioners (the Alliance) has announced it will withdraw from the Accredited Registers programme, effective 31 March 2024.
In this guest blog, Anna van der Gaag, reflects on our recent timetable exploring how to bring the best of safety culture initiatives and the best of regulatory processes together to do more for patient safety
Professor Louise Wallace, one of the researchers behind the Witness to Harm study into the experiences of witnesses in the fitness to practise process, shares principles of a trauma informed approach which regulators could adopt in their fitness to practise processes.
We publish our response to the General Optical Council's consultation on proposed changes to Standards of Practice for Optometrists and Dispensing Opticians, Standards for Optical Students and Standards for Optical Businesses
We publish our response to the Welsh Government's consultation on draft regulations and guidance for introducing a mandatory licensing scheme for special procedures in Wales
We publish our latest performance review for Social Work England - one of longer periodic reviews covering 2022/23
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We oversee the 10 statutory bodies that regulate health and care professionals. We review their performance to see how they are protecting the public.
We also scrutinise their decisions about whether people on their registers are fit to practise and can appeal these decisions if we believe they are insufficient to protect the public.
We set standards for organisations holding voluntary registers for people working in unregulated health and care occupations and accredit those organisations that meet our standards.
The programme helps people who are seeking treatments that may not be covered by regulated professions to opt for a lower risk option and make an informed choice.
We want to explain and explore regulation – we encourage improvement by sharing good practice and knowledge, conducting research and introducing new ideas, including our concept of right-touch regulation.
We also monitor policy developments and provide advice to governments and others on matters relating to people working in health and care.
Find out more about our latest research, social media campaigns or our most recent performance review published or register accredited.
You can also check our schedule for sharing your experience with us to help inform our regulator reviews and register re-accreditations.
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