PSA consults on review of Standards for Regulators

The Professional Standards Authority (PSA) has launched a consultation on its Standards for both regulators and Accredited Registers.

The PSA oversees the UK’s 10 main health and care regulators.  The PSA have a statutory duty to report annually to Parliament on the performance of the 10 regulators it oversees. It does so by reviewing each regulator’s performance against its Standards of Good Regulation.  It is these standards the PSA is consulting on.

The PSA explained:

“This consultation provides a chance for patients, service users, health and care practitioners, the organisations it oversees and others to tell the PSA what they think about the current Standards, and to help shape how regulators and Accredited Registers are assessed in the future. It is also a chance to suggest areas that should be looked at which are not currently covered by the Standards.”

The consultation is open from 13 February to 8 May 2025.

Alan Clamp, PSA CEO, said:

“In the challenging environment that health and care practitioners are experiencing, it remains increasingly important to prioritise safety while adapting to change.

In that context, it is essential that the Standards focus our attention on the right things so that we can assess performance and drive improvement in regulation and registration of practitioners for the benefit of the public.

All views on our Standards are welcome.”

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