{"id":2052,"date":"2022-01-20T04:57:29","date_gmt":"2022-01-20T04:57:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uk.legalvision.com.au\/?p=2052"},"modified":"2025-09-09T00:13:03","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T23:13:03","slug":"health-professional-regulation-in-england-and-wales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/legalvision.co.uk\/regulatory-compliance\/health-professional-regulation-in-england-and-wales\/","title":{"rendered":"How Does Health Professional Regulation Work in the UK?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Suppose you plan to <a href=\"https:\/\/legalvision.co.uk\/franchising\/franchise-healthcare-business\/\">open businesses offering health services<\/a> and employing healthcare professionals. In that case, it will be a good idea to familiarise yourself with the legal framework around health professional regulation.&nbsp;This article will outline some key points concerning health professional regulation and some professional standards required within English common law.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Regulatory Bodies<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The health services industry is vast and encompasses a broad range of healthcare professionals. There are nine different regulatory bodies that govern different healthcare services. Some of the most prominent examples include the:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">General Medical Council (GMC), which regulates doctors;<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC), which regulates nurse practitioners;<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">General Dental Council (GDC), which regulates dentists, dental hygienists, and dental therapists; and<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">General Optical Council (GOC), which regulates opticians, student opticians and optical businesses.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">These individual regulatory bodies are overseen by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.professionalstandards.org.uk\/home\">Professional Standards Authority<\/a>, which works with the individual regulatory bodies to improve their service to customers in the UK.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What Does the Professional Standards Authority Do?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Notably, the Professional Standards Authority works closely with the government to advise them on policy about healthcare regulation.&nbsp;However, relevant for your business is that The Professional Standards Authority also has the power to assess and give credit to organisations (such as businesses) that<\/span> register practitioners. 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An accredited register is where a healthcare professional is registered as an &#8216;accredited&#8217; practitioner. However, ensuring that your employees are part of an accredited register can help your business&#8217; marketing and be a selling point for your customers.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">An accredited practitioner has to uphold a certain standard of practice due to their obligation from The Professional Standards Authority. Therefore, <\/span>ensuring you employ accredited practitioners<span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> can help guarantee a quality service to clients.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Further, if you want to hire healthcare professionals, you can specify accreditation requirements in your job listing. This can help you bypass the process of getting the practitioner to become accredited. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"box box--icon box--idea\">\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">However, it is also important to remember that unaccredited practitioners are not unlawful. Therefore, you should hire with an open mind and find the best person for the job.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What Happens If a Healthcare Professional Causes Injury to a Customer?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">T<\/span>he law holds healthcare professionals to a high standard.<span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> Therefore, they may be liable under common law if they breach their duty of care (clinical negligence liability).<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Generally, the standard for healthcare professionals is the standard of a &#8216;responsible body of medical opinion&#8217;. This means that if a healthcare professional acts in a way that a responsible body of medical opinion thinks to be unreasonable, then they may be liable for negligence.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Furthermore, as an employer of healthcare professionals, you may be vicariously liable. <a href=\"https:\/\/legalvision.co.uk\/commercial-contracts\/what-is-vicarious-liability\/\">Vicarious liability<\/a><\/span> <span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">is where you are liable for the actions of your employees, and it applies in an employee\/employer relationship. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"box box--warning box--icon\">\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">As a result, if you think that your healthcare professional employee may be liable for clinical negligence, your business may also be liable. If you are in this position, it is advised that you seek professional legal advice, as a clinical negligence lawyer will be able to tell you the strength of your case if a dispute ends up in court.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Key Takeaways<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">If you are an employer of healthcare professionals, you <\/span>must be <span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">familiar with the accreditation system within the UK. <span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Hiring accredited professionals can help you market your service to potential customers.<\/span><\/span> <span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The Professional Standards Authority has the power to assess and accredit professionals and oversees the professional regulatory bodies within the UK. The Professional Standards Authority can accredit a healthcare professional, which means that they will perform to the standard expected by the regulatory body. 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This negligence test is called the Bolam test, following the case of Bolam v Friern Hospital Management Committee.\u00a0","inLanguage":"en-GB"},"inLanguage":"en-GB"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/legalvision.co.uk\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2052","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/legalvision.co.uk\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/legalvision.co.uk\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legalvision.co.uk\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/13325"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legalvision.co.uk\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2052"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/legalvision.co.uk\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2052\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":194571,"href":"https:\/\/legalvision.co.uk\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2052\/revisions\/194571"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legalvision.co.uk\/api\/wp\/v2\/media\/563"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/legalvision.co.uk\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2052"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legalvision.co.uk\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2052"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legalvision.co.uk\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2052"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}