We are currently working on:  

Regulators

We have published our first report under a new reviewing period. It is for the General Osteopathic Council and is one of our longer, more detailed periodic reviews. You can read the full report or see a summary in our snapshot.

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We have now published the evidence matrix and guidance for regulations for our EDI standard (Standard 3 of the Standards of Good Regulation). The evidence matrix describes four outcomes relating to the regulators’ work in EDI, each one is broken down into a number of indicators. The outcomes and indicators show our expectations of regulators for the next three years. This work represents a shift in our focus in our assessments against our EDI Standard – from process to demonstrating impact. The matrix and supporting guidance will also help regulators understand what we expect them to do to meet the Standard. We will begin assessing regulators against the new evidence matrix at the end of their 2023/24 review periods.

 

Accredited Registers

We are assessing the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP)'s application for renewal of accreditation against the Standards for Accredited Registers. Please Share Your Experience of the BACP's register by emailing us at accreditationteam@professionalstandards.org.uk by 16 July 2024.

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The National Association of Care and Support Workers (NACAS) has applied for assessment against Standard One of our Standards for Accredited Registers for their Voluntary Care Professional Register. Please Share Your Experience of NACAS by emailing us at accreditationteam@professionalstandards.org.uk by 11 July 2024.

Policy and research

Hot topics 

We are currently focusing our research on:

• Dishonesty
• Sexual misconduct
• Professional identity
• Duty of candour
• Regulatory reform
• Fitness to practise

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Have you read our latest blogs?

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We have focused our attention over the last couple of years on regulatory reform - you can find out more here.

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Our most recent publications include

• Perspectives on discriminatory behaviours in health and care
• Ethics in extraordinary times - practitioner experiences during the pandemic
• Cognitive biases in fitness to practise decision-making: from understanding to mitigation
• Does consistency between regulators matter?
• Learning from Covid 19 - a case study review of the initial crisis response of professional regulators
• Patient and public perspectives on future fitness to practise processes (May 2020)
• Review of research into health and care regulation (June 2020)
• Sexual misconduct in health and social care understanding types of abuse and perpetrators' moral mindsets
• The role of patients and service users in ensuring the safety of the care they receive
• How is public confidence maintained when fitness to practise decisions are made