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  • Photo of the PSA's first participant to our Workplace Experience Scheme

    Inclusion starts with equity and respect

    PSA is supporting National Inclusion Week 2023 and are we're asking 'What does inclusion mean in the workplace'? In this blog, our first Work Experience Scheme participant shares her view with us


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    Refocusing regulation

    Reflections from PSA Chief Executive Alan Clamp as he travels to give the keynote speech at the Council on Licensure, Enforcement and Regulation Annual Education Conference


  • Carrying out a performance review

    Reflecting on our regulator reviews: the first year using our new approach

    In this blog, we reflect on the first full year of using our new approach to how we review the regulators.


  • Logos for PSA and Welsh Government used for the 2023 Welsh seminr

    How can regulation support the healthcare workforce in Wales – now, and in the future?

    In this blog, our Board member, Marcus Longley, gives a brief overview of discussions as part of our joint seminar looking at the current regulatory context in Wales


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    Accredited Registers Good Practice Awards

    We have recently introduced good practice awards for the Accredited Registers - the awards aim to encourage good practice among the registers and a shared understanding of the values of the programme – the ‘Four Pillars’ of Confidence, Choice, Quality and Protection - find out more in this blog by the winning registers


  • Photo of Sam Rodger from NHS Race and Health Observatory to go with this guest blog

    Race inequality in health and care. Who’s responsible?

    In the latest in our series of guest blogs to discuss issues raised in our report Safer care for all, Sam Rodger from the NHS Race and Health Observatory discusses how making race equity everybody's job risks it being nobody's job, but we can all have a shared ambition to create a culture of equity


  • Authority Board member Juliet Oliver

    Introducing Juliet Oliver

    At the beginning of January 2023, we welcomed our new Board Member - Juliet Oliver. In this blog Juliet explains more about her background and experience in professional health and social care regulation and her previous encounters with the Authority


  • Photo of  Indranil Chakravorty to accompany his guest blog

    A vision for an anti-racist NHS

    As part of our series of guest blogs to look in more detail at the themes highlighted in our report Safer care for, Indranil Chakravorty, Chair of the Bapio Institute for Health Research writes about their vision for an anti-racist NHS


  • Douglas

    Regulation – not so dull after all

    In this blog, Douglas Bilton, Assistant Director of Standards and Policy at the Professional Standards Authority, talks about healthcare regulation, and explains why it is important for students to understand its purpose, both before and during their time as healthcare professionals.


  • Cultural Safety – seeking to turn the tide of health inequities in Aotearoa New Zealand

    In our latest blog, Joan Simeon, Kiri Rikihana, Richard Tankersley, Jane Dancer at The Medical Council of New Zealand, discusses the role of healthcare practitioners, and regulators in addressing health inequities in Aotearoa, New Zealand, and how the practice of cultural safety can improve patient outcomes.