Our performance reviews

The performance review is our check on how well the regulators have been protecting the public and promoting confidence in health and care professionals and themselves. 

We publish a report about each regulator every year. Our performance reviews are important because they tell everyone how well the regulators are doing. Our reviews also help the regulators improve as we identify strengths and things to improve and recommend changes.

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Reports

We publish reports explaining how we judge each regulator's performance against our Standards of Good Regulation 

How we carry out performance reviews 

Every year, we look at each regulator using a thorough performance review process and we:

  • review information the regulator publishes
  • look at data on their registration and fitness to practise processes
  • check their public register
  • review their fitness to practise decisions (these are the decisions made about misconduct allegations brought against health and care professionals)
  • consider feedback from people who have dealt with the regulator and shared their experience with us.

Our review cycle

Our performance reviews are carried out over a three-year cycle.

Every three years, we conduct an intensive ‘periodic review’ and in the other two years, we monitor performance and produce shorter reports.

We can undertake a periodic review sooner if we identify new risks or concerns.

Always aiming to improve standards

Even when a regulator meets our standards, there's always room to get better. We keep an eye on areas where they can improve.

Our Standards

We set standards for regulators and Accredited Registers. Our standards form the basis of our work...

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Reviewing the regulators in practice

Find out more about how our work reviewing the regulators' performance contributes to protecting the public in this short case study.

Useful resources

Escalating concerns about a regulator's performance

We have updated our process guide on how we escalate concerns about a regulator's performance. You can find out more here.

Read all our regulator performance reviews

You can read all our regulator performance reviews in our report section.

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