Professional Standards Authority response to the Government consultation on healthcare regulation: deciding when statutory regulation is appropriate

In our response, we welcomed the opportunity to respond to this consultation. The plans set out in the consultation mirror our own thinking, rooted in the right-touch regulation (RTR) principle of regulating only where it is necessary to protect the public from risk of harm. Our work on a methodology for assessing the risks of an occupation, Right-touch assurance, which is referenced in the consultation, builds on this principle