Nov 02, 2021
We co-hosted a conference with the University of Edinburgh Law School to explore the duty of candour in the context of health and social care in Scotland. Read about the key themes and points of discussion in our blog
Oct 29, 2021
What difference does a year make? Last year we reflected on the difficulties faced by black and other minority health care practitioners and set out how the Authority was planning to address its role here. So what has happened since?
Oct 12, 2021
In this guest blog, our Board member Moi Ali talks about racist discrimination, her own experiences, and the issues that she has observed throughout her career.
Oct 08, 2021
To mark World Mental Health Day, Dr Nick Waggett, ACP's Chief Executive looks at what Child and Adolescent Psychotherapists are doing to adapt to changes in society and to best meet the mental health needs of the populations we serve
Sep 20, 2021
This blog explores how during the pandemic the patient voice has been diminished or even lost. We now need to refocus regulators' attention and make sure that the patient voice is heard
Sep 02, 2021
Assistant Director of Standards and Policy, Douglas Bilton, writes about what we are setting out to achieve in our upcoming 'Bridging the Gap' project, describing the challenge of effectively analysing a broad range of contributing factors to harm.
Aug 04, 2021
July 2021 marked 20 years since Sir Ian Kennedy's report of the inquiry into children's heart surgery at the Bristol Royal Infirmary was published - in this blog we look back to see how its recommendations are still relevant for regulatory reform
Jul 29, 2021
On the day we relaunch the Accredited Registers programme, Our Chief Executive explains more about the new Standard for Accredited Registers which will introduce additional checks to test public interest
Jul 22, 2021
Assistant Director of Standards and Policy, Douglas Bilton, goes into detail about the key findings from the report we commissioned by Professor Deborah Bowman entitled Ethics in Extraordinary Times
Jun 16, 2021
With the deadline to respond to the consultation upon us - our Chief Executive puts forward our closing arguments to balance flexibility with transparency and accountability and ensure that public protection is at the centre of future reform
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