Commenting on the Department of Health consultation to reform healthcare regulation, and as part of that, cut the number of regulators –

Dr Pallavi Bradshaw, Senior Medicolegal Adviser at the Medical Protection Society, said:

“We will be reviewing the detail in this consultation carefully - an amalgamation exercise which could result in the specific expertise of each profession’s regulator being lost would be concerning. Any new regulators, replacing the existing nine, would need to be able to distinguish between the hugely differing roles within the many professions they would oversee. The emphasis must be on delivering more efficient regulation so healthcare professionals can get on and do their jobs, and ensuring regulators follow a fair process that patients, healthcare professionals and the Government can have confidence in.”

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