An overview of our work and its contribution to protecting the public
14 Jan 2020
Clearly, the independence of the regulators of the health professions is very important and I have always been keen to protect it. The PSA has a crucial role and I think it does a great job
The PSA was established due to an identified need to hold professional regulators to account and to improve the quality of regulation following the Royal Bristol Infirmary Inquiry into children’s heart surgery.
In the Government’s response in 2002 it said it would create:
an oversight body to strengthen and co-ordinate the system of professional self-regulation, reform arrangements for the regulation of individual healthcare professions so that patients will be at the heart of professional regulation.
In 2003 we began work. Our role was extended in 2008 following the Shipman Inquiry reports and again in 2012 with the Health and Social Care Act 2012.
This publication gives an overview of our work illustrated with case studies and statistics and more information about our role and remit.