We wanted to find out what the available literature on decision-making tells us about the consequences of fitness to practise decisions generally being taken in a more private context - the is part of our ongoing work on the reform of regulation, particularly fitness to practise

Policy Manager Daisy Blench reflects on a recent presentation to nursing associate students and the thoughts they shared on wearing a uniform and being regulated versus not being regulated.

Today we are publishing two reports resulting from the Williams Review into gross negligence manslaughter in healthcare which recommended that we looked at inconsistencies in fitness to practise outcomes as well how regulators take account of public confidence in the fitness to practise process

The General Dental Council has met 22 out o 24 of our Standards of Good Regulation - during this review period we noted a deterioration in the GDC’s timeliness in progressing fitness to practise cases

​Can patients be effective in maintaining their own safety? We wanted to explore further the role of patients and service users in ensuring the safety of the care they receive, so we commissioned research to find out more

No matter how many policies & processes exist to assure safety & mitigate risk, there is always one unknown factor – people. Guest blogger, Denham Phipps explains more about 'human factors' and how they can relate to practitioner regulation

The SRNA commissioned the Authority to review its complaints, investigations and discipline work to understand where it may need to improve its processes – this report is the result of that work

In her guest blog Deanna Williams captures some of the views she shared with Professor Deborah Bowman during a Q&A session at the Authority’s recent academic and research conference. The main question posed was ‘what is it to be a good regulator?’

This is our first report on the NMC's performance since we published our lessons learned review - the NMC has initiated a significant programme of work in response. For 2017/18 the NMC has met 22 out of 24 of our Standards of Good Regulation.

Annie Sorbie & Zahra Jaffer guest blog on the need to maintain momentum on embedding candour in healthcare professionals and how we need to widen the lens beyond individual interactions and direct attention to the wider context in which healthcare is provided