Standards for Regulators and Accredited Registers

The regulator or register maintains, publishes and promotes up to date standards and guidance that support health and care practitioners to act professionally and practise safely, prioritising person-centred care.

Professional standards and guidance provide practitioners with essential information about the standards of practice and behaviour that are expected of them. They are the means by which this is communicated to the public and inform education and training programmes.

Standards and guidance are important because they help enable safe, ethical, and high-quality care and can help prevent problems from happening. When problems do occur they act as a benchmark for assessing a professional’s suitability to practise.

Practitioners are aware of and have access to the regulator or register standards and guidance they need to support safe and effective practice

Standards and guidance are up to date and informed by evidence, address emerging areas of risk, and prioritise person-centred care and safety

Standards and guidance are aligned across practitioner groups where appropriate, to support safe and effective care, and consistent regulatory outcomes.

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The regulator or register maintains and publishes up-to-date standards for education and training that prioritise person-centred care and safety and prepare learners to work safely and effectively and meet the needs of diverse populations.

So that the public and employers can be assured that education and training providers are equipping those working in health and care with the right knowledge, skills and behaviours to provide safe and effective care. If you are receiving treatment from someone who is learning, you can be assured you are safe.

• The outcomes that learners must achieve and standards against which education and assessment providers and education programmes are assessed are kept up to date
• The outcomes that learners must achieve link to the professional standards for practitioners and prepare learners to work safely and effectively and meet the needs of diverse populations
• The standards against which education and assessment providers and education programmes are assessed prioritise person-centred care and safety. They support learners to achieve the education outcomes.

The regulator or register is effective in assuring itself that education and assessment providers are delivering learners who meet the education outcomes and other relevant registration requirements, and provide a safe environment for learning.

Regulators and registers set standards for education and training in health and care professions. In order to ensure that these standards are met, regulators and registers need to have effective quality assurance processes in place. This will mean that education and training providers are equipping those who will deliver health and care with the right knowledge, skills and behaviours. Quality assurance of the learning environment will mean that people who are receiving treatment from someone who is learning, can be assured they are safe.

• The quality assurance processes for education and assessment providers and programmes are proportionate, avoid unnecessary duplication with other organisations and take into account risk
• The quality assurance processes are transparent and robust and ensure that education and training delivers learners who have achieved the education outcomes
• Action is taken where concerns are identified about education and training and where there are wider safety issues for patients and service users
• Information on the outcomes of quality assurance activity are published and easy to access.