22 June 2021

Department of Health and Social Care’s consultation on Regulating healthcare professionals

We responded to the Department of Health and Social Care’s consultation on Regulating healthcare professionals, protecting the public.

The College has responded to the Department of Health and Social Care’s consultation on Regulating healthcare professionals, protecting the public which sets out substantial proposals to change the legislative basis of all healthcare regulators, including the GOC, to make their governance, rules and processes more flexible and consistent.

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