Jan 25, 2021
We are pleased to announce the appointment of Caroline Corby as the Authority’s new Chair - the appointment was made by the Privy Council and Caroline will take up her post on 1 February 2021
Jan 19, 2021
We publish our latest performance review for the General Dental Council - in this review period, the GDC has met 16 out of 18 of our Standards of Good Regulation
Jan 15, 2021
We welcome the Government's commitment to introduce a Patient Safety Commissioner, but ask that the role links closely with the work of other bodies involved in patient safety and Government ensures that it does not lose sight of the wider findings from the Cumberlege Review relating to patient safety
Jan 14, 2021
We support the regulators' joint statement recognising the highly challenging conditions in which their registrants find themselves working
Jan 11, 2021
The Professional Standards Authority has suspended the accreditation of the Society of Homeopaths following its failure to meet Conditions set by the Authority during 2020. The suspension is effective from today - 11 January 2021.
Dec 11, 2020
Though we welcome the publication of this report, it makes for sombre reading and we hope that both professional & system regulation can work together to learn & ensure that changes are made to avoid a repeat of these tragic events
Dec 11, 2020
We have published our most recent review of the HCPC - we remain concerned about the HCPC's poor performance against the fitness to practise Standards and will work with them to implement an improvement plan
Dec 10, 2020
We have launched consultations on two key areas of our work: how we review the regulators and how we accredit registers - to help shape our future approach
Dec 04, 2020
We appealed this decision on the basis that the suspension order originally given to Dr Dighton was insufficient to protect the public and the panel had not followed guidance on appropriate sanctions
Nov 26, 2020
We welcome the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care’s re-stated commitment to proceed with the long awaited consultation on reforms to professional regulation, but believe greater flexibility must be coupled with increased accountability