We have just published our latest performance review of the General Dental Council - for this review period, the GDC has met 22 out of 24 of our Standards of Good Regulation

A new year (& new decade) had barely begun and AI was making headlines - this time a story about how it had out-performed experts in detecting breast cancer. So what is AI and how will it impact professional regulation?

Sarah Seddon guests blogs on her personal experience as a patient going through the fitness to practise process and the key considerations that she believes regulators should take into account to help 'humanise' the process

We look at two sides to candour: a legal point of view in the context of fitness to practise; and what our research tells us about the possible barriers to candour and why candour can be much more complicated than ‘simply telling the truth’ makes it sound

The new regulator for social workers in England will become the tenth regulator under our oversight - Social Work England will take over responsibility from the Health and Care Professions Council for the regulation of social workers in England on 2 December 2019

Our latest review for the General Chiropractic Council reports that the GCC has met 22 out of 24 of our Standards of Good Regulation

Russell Parkinson guest blogs for us following our recent seminar on whistleblowing - outlining that there needs to be supportive organisational cultures with good leaders to encourage speaking up and voicing concerns

We welcome this independent report from the NMC looking into the concerns we raised in our lessons learned review published last year - this report investigates the NMC's loss of a piece of evidence and its subsequent communications

With reform on the horizon for professional healthcare regulation, our Director of Standards and Policy, Christine Braithwaite, reflects on the potential impact on both professionals and patients.

Our latest review for the General Optical Council reports that the GOC has met 22 out of 24 of our Standards of Good Regulation