Health and social care regulators

Regulates health and adult social care services provided by the NHS, local authorities, voluntary organisations and private companies in England.

Key purpose is to protect the public by regulating complementary and natural healthcare practitioners on a voluntary register.

Regulates chiropractors.

Regulates dentists and dental therapists, dental hygienists, dental nurses, dental technicians, clinical dental technicians and orthodontic therapists.

Regulates doctors. 

Regulates opticians,optometrists, student opticians and optical businesses.

Regulates pharmacists, pharmacy technicians and pharmacy premises in Great Britain.

Regulates arts therapists, biomedical scientists, chiropodists, podiatrists, clinical scientists, dieticians, occupational therapists, operating department practitioners, orthoptists, paramedics, physiotherapists, practitioner psychologists, prosthetists and orthotists, radiographers, social workers, speech and language therapists. 

Provides advice, guidance and sets standards; supports implementation and improvement; assesses, measures and reports on the performance of NHS Scotland and regulates independent healthcare in Scotland.  

Responsible for undertake reviews and investigations into the provision of NHS funded care either by or for Welsh NHS organisations and independent healthcare services.

Regulates social care workers, qualified social workers, and social work students on approved degree courses in Northern Ireland.

Regulates, nurses, midwives and specialist community public health nurses.

Regulates pharmacists and pharmacy premises in Northern Ireland.

Oversees the statutory UK health and social care regulators. The Professional Standards Authority (PSA) assesses their performance, conducts audits, scrutinises their decisions and reports to Parliament. The PSA also sets standards for organisations holding voluntary registers for health and social care occupations and accredits those that meet them. Previously known as the Council for Healthcare Regulatory Excellence (CHRE).

Responsible for monitoring and inspecting the availability and quality of health and social care services in Northern Ireland.

Regulates social care workers, qualified social workers, and social work students on approved degree courses in Scotland.