The Professional Standards Authority (PSA) has just completed a review of the General Teaching Council for Scotland’s (GTC Scotland) Fitness to Teach conduct process. GTC Scotland’s Strategic Director, Jennifer Macdonald outlines the reason behind the review, the approach taken and next steps. 

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On Friday, 28 March, the PSA and the Patient and Client Council (PCC) hosted this joint event in Belfast. The focus was on how the public can be embraced as assets and how workplace culture can be developed to improve patient safety. 

Despite storms causing a postponement from January to March, the

PSA publishes its recommendations to GTC Scotland after completing a review of aspects of its fitness to teach function.

The Government  has announced new measures to protect the title ‘nurse’ in law.  Only the title ‘registered nurse’ is currently protected in law. 

New legislation will mean that anyone misleading the public and describing themselves as a ‘nurse’ without the relevant qualifications and registration

PSA welcomes renewed commitment from UK Government to proceed with plans to update legislation of healthcare regulators

PSA publishes a summary of its 2024 stakeholder survey

We are publishing reports following assessments for each of the six Accredited Registers that are implementing the SCoPEd framework. These Registers are the:

1. Association of Christian Counsellors and Linked Professions (ACC)
2. British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP)
3. British

We are publishing the evidence we submitted as part of the Independent Review of physician associates and anaesthesia associates (the Leng Review).

We are pleased to announce the appointment of Eleanor Marks to our Board. Eleanor's term starts on 1 May 2025.

PSA welcomes Interim Director of Regulation and Accreditation