Engagement of health and social care employers in professional regulatory fitness to practise - missed regulatory and organisational opportunities?

ABSTRACT:

Background

Health and social care professional regulators are organisations that ensure their registrants have the correct qualifications and experience to practise in their profession. There are 13 statutory regulators in the United Kingdom (UK) and 29 voluntary accredited registers. Referrals of serious concerns about registrants' Fitness to Practise (FtP) are investigated by regulators, and can lead to a public hearing. Employers may refer their employee to the regulator, and provide evidence about the concerns about their practice. Communication between the regulator and employer is central to ensure fitness to practise procedures are timely and effective, contributing to patient safety and to the improvement of health and social care professional and organisational practices.<

SUBMITTER: Wallace LM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11829395 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature