The Alliance of Private Sector Practitioners (the Alliance) has announced it will withdraw from the Accredited Registers programme, effective 31 March 2024. From this date, the Alliance and its registrants will not be able to display our Quality Mark.
The Alliance’s full renewal assessment against our Standards for Accredited Registers was due to be finalised by the end of March. We will complete this assessment and publish the outcome in due course on our website.
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Professional Standards Authority for Health and Social Care
Contact: media@professionalstandards.org.uk
1. The Professional Standards Authority for Health and Social Care oversees 10 statutory bodies that regulate health and social care professionals in the UK.
2. We assess their performance and report to Parliament. We also conduct audits and investigations and can appeal fitness to practise cases to the courts if we consider that sanctions are insufficient to protect the public and it is in the public interest.
3. We also set standards for organisations holding voluntary registers for health and social care occupations and accredit those that meet them.
4. We share good practice and knowledge, conduct research and introduce new ideas to our sector. We monitor policy developments in the UK and internationally and provide advice on issues relating to professional standards in health and social care.
5. We do this to promote the health, safety and wellbeing of users of health and social care services and the public. We are an independent body, accountable to the UK Parliament.
6. Our values are – integrity, transparency, respect, fairness and teamwork – and we strive to ensure that they are at the core of our work.
7. More information about our work and the approach we take is available at www.professionalstandards.org.uk