Policy paper

Regulation of health and social care professionals: response

Government’s response on behalf of the 4 countries of the UK to the Law Commissions’ report on regulating health care professionals in the UK and social care professionals in England.

• From: Department of Health and Social Care
• Published: 29 January 2015

This was published under the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

Documents

Regulation of Health Care Professionals and Regulation of Social Care Professionals in England (web version)

Ref: Cm. 8995

PDF, 1.41 MB, 117 pages

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Regulation of Health Care Professionals and Regulation of Social Care Professionals in England (print version)

Ref: ISBN 9781474113670, Cm. 8995

PDF, 3.66 MB, 120 pages

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Details

The response covers:

• the structure of reform
• the make-up of a regulatory body
• registers and registration
• education, standards and practice
• fitness to practise
• the role of the Professional Standards Authority

The response sets out the government’s approach to public protection and how this can be supported by professional regulation.

Published 29 January 2015