The PSA is consulting on adding a new Standard on Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) to its Standards for Accredited Registers. The consultation opens today and closes on 17 January 2023.
Our EDI action plan commits us to doing more to promote equality. Inequality in health and social care continues to be a concern for many. We think that adding a dedicated EDI Standard for Accredited Registers will help to drive improvement.
How to respond
We welcome views on our proposals, by 17 January 2023.
You can find out more about the consultation here where you can also download a response form or find a link to our online survey in English and Welsh.
ENDS
Professional Standards Authority for Health and Social Care
Email: media@professionalstandards.org.uk
Notes to the Editor
- The Professional Standards Authority for Health and Social Care oversees 10 statutory bodies that regulate health and social care professionals in the UK.
- We assess their performance and report to Parliament. We also conduct audits and investigations and can appeal fitness to practise cases to the courts if we consider that sanctions are insufficient to protect the public and it is in the public interest.
- We also set standards for organisations holding voluntary registers for health and social care occupations and accredit those that meet them.
- We share good practice and knowledge, conduct research and introduce new ideas to our sector. We monitor policy developments in the UK and internationally and provide advice on issues relating to professional standards in health and social care.
- We do this to promote the health, safety and wellbeing of users of health and social care services and the public. We are an independent body, accountable to the UK Parliament.
- Our values are – integrity, transparency, respect, fairness and teamwork – and we strive to ensure that they are at the core of our work.
- More information about our work and the approach we take is available at www.professionalstandards.org.uk