Category: Professional Standards Authority (PSA)
AI regulation workshop highlights need for clearer guidance for health and care professionals
Emerging PSA recommendations outline how health and care professionals should be guided and regulated when using AI in practice.
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Mann recommendations agreed in consultation on GMC overhaul
Government unveils major overhaul of medical regulation with significant changes for the GMC.
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PSA flags ongoing concerns over Social Work England’s fitness to practise delays
The Professional Standards Authority (PSA) has published its annual performance review of Social Work England.
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High Court orders nurse to be struck off after watchdog’s successful appeal
A High Court ruling orders a nurse to be struck off after a successful appeal over abusive treatment of vulnerable care‑home residents.
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High Court overturns NMC panel decision and orders erasure in PSA v NMC & Tchampet
The High Court has quashed a NMC Fitness to Practise Committee decision and ordered the immediate erasure of paediatric nurse.
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Court of Appeal rejects appeals by the GMC and PSA
Court of Appeal rejects appeals by the GMC and PSA in GMC v Gilbert & PSA [2026] EWCA Civ 53.
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PSA signals major shift toward preventative fitness to practise regulation in 2026
PSA has set out a decisive direction for 2026, signalling a move toward preventative, data‑driven approaches to regulation.
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High Court allows PSA appeal and substitutes striking-off order in PSA v NMC & Anor (Rev1) [2026] EWHC 141 (Admin)
High Court allows PSA appeal and substitutes striking-off order in challenge to Nursing and Midwifery Council decision.
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PSA escalates concerns as GDC again fails to meet fitness to practise timeliness standard
The PSA has escalated the matter to ministers following the GDC’s repeated failure to meet the fitness to practise timeliness standard.
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GMC maintains strong regulatory performance
GMC has met all 18 Standards of Good Regulation following review by the PSA.
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PSA v NMC & Anor: High Court quashes NMC sanction, remits for fresh decision
The High Court has allowed an appeal brought by the Professional Standards Authority for Health and Social Care (PSA) against a decision of the NMC.
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PSA updates right-touch regulation framework to address modern challenges in fitness to practise
PSA has released the 2025 edition of its Right-touch regulation framework, offering updated guidance for health and social care regulators.
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