Thank you to everyone who joined the Accredited Registers Seminar 2026. The discussion has been excellent. Special thanks to our facilitators and speakers, including Dr Anna van der Gaag CBE.
For more information on the Accredited Registers, click here: https://ow.ly/uYfX50YMqky
This afternoon we’re joined by Dr Anna van der Gaag CBE to discuss a compassionate future for complaints. So far we’ve explored new areas of the Standards, shared thinking on collaboration and local resolution, and discussed a draft maturity model to support quality, safety as well as promotion.
📍 From Fazeley Studios, Birmingham: Welcome to the Accredited Registers Seminar 2026. Today we’re exploring the revised Standards and what they mean in practice. We’ll also look at programme growth, a draft maturity model, and the future of complaints.
Find out more here: https://ow.ly/ufuc50YMq4K
Now available via the hub, the Professional Standards Authority for Health and Social Care (@prof-standards.bsky.social) Strategic Plan for 2026-29.
Just six days remain to apply for our Legal Administrator role.
Find out more and apply here:
👉 www.professionalstandards.org.uk/about-us/work-us/legal-administrator
This week’s read of the week is the Ada Lovelace Institute’s report on how place and community shape people’s expectations of AI.
👉 Read the full report here: www.adalovelaceinstitute.org/report/ai-public-good/
Our latest email update is out now.
It brings together recent statements, performance reviews, blogs and events, and looks at the changes to our Standards for regulators and Accredited Registers.
Read the round‑up: https://ow.ly/6aYW50YKphV
All newsletters: https://ow.ly/xmET50YKphW
We were delighted to take part in the 100th episode of Regulation Matters: a CLEAR conversation. PSA CEO Alan Clamp reflects on what it means to be a good regulator and how regulation has evolved towards a more agile, outcomes‑focused approach.
Listen here: https://ow.ly/ugpa50YJXQ6
We recently updated our Standards for Regulators and Accredited Registers.
For the first time, both are covered by one set of Standards. Watch this video to find out why and, learn more via the link below:
https://ow.ly/cz9250YIaNf
New on the hub, the Professional Standards Authority for Health and Social Care (@prof-standards.bsky.social) Strategic Plan for 2026-29.
The latest minutes from the NMC Independent Oversight Group meeting are now available on our website. The meeting covered various issues, including safeguarding, with updates on the safeguarding team, staff training and referrals.
Read more: https://ow.ly/b69P50YI5eX
Nursing and Midwifery Council
We’re hiring: Scrutiny Officer
Join our Performance Review team and lead the annual review of one of the ten professional regulators we oversee.
https://ow.ly/VFyj50YH0bE
Deadline: 4 May 2026 (11:59pm)
Salary: £49,180
One‑year fixed term
#Hiring #PublicSectorJobs #RegulatoryCareers
Week two of our AI hot topic month, and our first read of the week. This The Health Foundation article looks at how the public and NHS staff feel about technology and AI in health care — showing broad support for tech, more caution around AI, and backing for safeguards.
https://ow.ly/rp7i50YGWIU
We’ve published our Strategic Plan 2026–29, setting out how we intend to protect the public in a fast‑changing health and social care system. Our focus: effective oversight, prevention, reform, strong governance and collaboration https://ow.ly/7O0Z50YGqzv
If you missed it last month, we published a guest blog from David Hopkins of 39 Essex Chambers, on a recent Section 29 appeal: PSA v NMC and Tchampet.
The case centres on a nurse who slept while providing care to a vulnerable child and tried to conceal what had happened.
https://ow.ly/PJb050YyCEB
Our work in this area is about understanding both the opportunities and the risks, convening expertise, and supporting a coordinated approach across the regulatory sector.
👉 Find out more about our work on AI and regulation:
www.professionalstan...
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AI is rapidly reshaping health and care – from diagnostic tools and digital triage, to how regulators analyse data to protect patients. As the oversight body for 10 statutory regulators and the Accredited Registers, we’re closely watching how these technologies are introduced and used.
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Introducing… PSA Hot Topics
As we step into a new financial year, we’re also launching something new. Each month, we’ll spotlight a key issue in health and care regulation – sharing helpful reading, videos, and insights from our work.
This month’s focus: Artificial Intelligence.
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We are recruiting a part‑time Legal Administrator to join our Section 29 team. The role supports our work reviewing regulators’ fitness to practise decisions. Salary £36,885 pro rata. Deadline: 26 April 2026.
More info: https://ow.ly/GM1950YBFOC
#Hiring #LegalJobs #Regulation
Why did we introduce new Standards, how do they affect people, and why now?
These are some of the questions we put to Amanda Partington‑Todd, Interim Director of Regulation and Accreditation, and Melanie Venables, Director of Policy and Communications.
Watch the video: https://youtu.be/gFCVGq8Ifeo
📘 Our latest Learning Points Bulletin is now available
This edition focuses on approach to sanction and sufficiency of reasons — a theme that continues to feature prominently in our work.
Inside, you’ll find:
• Key statistics
• Recent case examples and judgments
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PSA colleagues were pleased to attend the Institute of Regulation’s Annual Conference this week. It brought together a varied programme under the theme Advancing Regulation Together. It was a valuable opportunity to learn from others across the regulatory landscape.
https://ow.ly/BCPz50Yz5LJ
Rydym wedi clywed ymrwymiad a rennir i ddull mwy ataliol ac sy'n blaenoriaethu pobl o ofal yng Nghymru, a sut y gall rheoleiddio gefnogi’r uchelgais honno.
Diolch yn fawr — edrychwn ymlaen at barhau â’r sgwrs.
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We have heard a shared commitment to a more preventative and people centred approach to care in Wales, and how regulation can support that ambition.
Diolch yn fawr — we look forward to continuing the conversation.
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Diolch i bawb a ymunodd â’n Seminar Reoleiddio Gymreig a gynhaliwyd gennym heddiw, gyda Llywodraeth Cymru. Hoffem hefyd estyn ein gwerthfawrogiad diffuant i’n holl siaradwyr am eu cyfraniadau meddylgar.
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Thank you to everyone who joined our Welsh Regulatory Seminar which we hosted today, with the Welsh Government. We would also like to extend our heartfelt appreciation to all our speakers for their thoughtful contributions.
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It is excellent to learn about the opportunities for AI use going forward.
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We are hearing from Janet Monkman, Chief Executive Officer – The Academy of Healthcare Science, and Dr Alex Aubrey, Clinical Lead for Artificial Intelligence – Health Education and Improvement Wales, on how AI can be used safely and responsibly to support prevention.
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Our final session, ‘Artificial intelligence: opportunities to enhance prevention’, is now in progress.
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