Professional Standards Authority launches consultation on standards review
Find out about proposed changes to the standards of good regulation and accredited registers, which are now open to public consultation.
The Professional Standards Authority (PSA) has launched a consultation and call for evidence on its standards of good regulation and standards for accredited registers.
The PSA is the UK’s independent regulatory oversight body for people working in health and social care.
The consultation is an opportunity for employers to influence the PSA’s approach to assessing regulator and voluntary register performance, to ensure it will effectively protect the public and uphold professional standards.
Proposed changes to the standards include:
- bringing the two types of standards into alignment where it is possible
- making the standards clearer, more accessible and transparent
- whether the PSA should take an interest in organisational governance, culture and leadership given how often it emerges as a challenge in the health and social care sector, and the impact it can have on performance
- whether measures could be introduced to remove gaps in criminal convictions checks for some health and social care practitioners
- whether new criteria for registers applying for accreditation will support public confidence.
The deadline for responding to the consultation is 8 May 2025.
Further information on the consultation and call for evidence can be found on the PSA’s website.
