Research Reports

We commissioned this research to help form part of a wider evidence base and take forward work...

We commissioned Professor Deborah Bowman to carry out research. This report is the result and it...

We might believe our conscious mind is in the driving seat when we are making decisions - but there...

What are the public, patient and professional perspectives on consistency between regulators and...

We wanted to explore with patients and the public their perspective on future fitness to practise...

We wanted to explore with patients and the public their perspective on future fitness to practise...

We commissioned Cardiff University to undertake a review of research into health and care...

Using analysed records in 232 fitness to practise cases where sexual misconduct was found proven by...

As part of our ongoing work on regulatory reform, particularly of fitness to practise proceedings...

​Can patients be effective in maintaining their own safety? We wanted to explore further the role of...

This paper sets out the progress professional regulators we oversee have made in embedding the...

We have observed that regulators' fitness to practise panels may treat sexual misconduct between...

Does the regulator create or validate professional identity? This paper draws together the...

A description of UK health and care professional regulators’ categorisation of fitness to practise...

By analysing thousands of fitness to practise decisions, this ground-breaking study provides...

Research exploring practitioners’ views of the relationship of professional regulation to...

A Research paper proposing a typology of six kinds of dishonest act that can apply across...

A review of literature to help us better understand how professional identities are acquired and...

We commissioned research to explore public and professional views towards dishonest behaviour by...

May 2013 research report What were the public responses to alternatives to final panel hearings? We...