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Have you missed any of our blogs?

 Since our autumn newsletter, we have published blogs:

An introduction to our new chief executive

• An introduction to our new chief executive – Alan Clamp: In his blog, Alan explains that, though he may be new to the Professional Standards Authority, he is an old hand when it comes to regulation.

Regulatory reform

• It is now more than a year since the government’s consultation on Promoting professionalism, reforming regulation closed. Our Director of Standards and Policy, Christine Braithwaite, explains why the regulatory system cannot afford to stand still and sets out the five key areas where we would like to see reform.
• In his new year blog, Alan Clamp, also underlines that a new year provides a new opportunity to strive for regulatory reform.
• Healthcare professionals - ‘shock absorbers’ in a system under pressure? Brexit brings uncertainty, but we do know whatever its outcome, healthcare professionals will shoulder some of the impact. UK health/care regulators do not get involved in workforce matters, but our Director of Policy and Standards asks: 'should they now?'

International work 

• An international perspective: our review of the Engineers and Geoscientists in British Columbia: Our role to protect the public by improving the regulation of health and care professionals sometimes takes us beyond the UK. Overseas regulators and governments occasionally commission us to advise them, or to carry out reviews or investigations. But how do we approach our international work?  Scrutiny Manager, Michael Humphreys, explains more about this international aspect of our work.