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You can find all our reports, policy and research papers here. You can search by title or by subject. Use the topics on the left to narrow your search by type of publication. If you would like help with your search please contact us on 020 7389 8030 or email us.

Sexual behaviours between health and care practitioners: where does the boundary lie?

We have observed that regulators' fitness to practise panels may treat sexual misconduct between colleagues less seriously than when sexual boundaries with patients are overstepped. We believe this type of behaviour can have a negative impact on patient safety, so we commissioned research to get both public and professional perspectives on the subject

Professional Standards Authority response: consultation on secondary legislative framework for Social Work England

Our response to the Department for Education consultation on the secondary legislative framework for Social Work England, the new regulator for social workers in England.

Professional Standards Authority response to Health Education England's consultation on a draft workforce strategy for England

The Authority's response to Health Education England's consultation on its draft strategy 'Facing the Facts, Shaping the Future'

Professional Standards Authority response to GCC consultation on indicative sanctions guidance

The Authority's response to the General Chiropractic's Council's consultation on hearings and its indicative sanctions guidance

Professional Standards Authority response to the consultation on transforming children and young people's mental health provision

Authority's response to the Department of Health and Social Care and Department for Education's consultation

Performance Review - GMC 2016/17

The General Medical Council continues to meet all of the Standards of Good Regulation

Professional identity and the regulator's role - an overview

Does the regulator create or validate professional identity? This paper draws together the conclusions of our two previous publications on the subject of professional identity and regulation

Performance Review - PSNI 2016/17

The PSNI continues to meet all of the 24 Standards of Good Regulation - maintaining the improvement we noted in last year's review

Welsh language

We can provide our material in Welsh on request.

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Recent publications

Periodic Review - GMC 2023/24

We publish our latest performance review report for the General Medical Council

Monitoring Report - GDC 2023/24

Our most recent performance review for the General Dental Council

Perspectives on a Common Code of Conduct for Health and Care Professionals

Research commissioned by the PSA to look at the benefits of a Common Code of Conduct across health and care professionals

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