Regulation group
Healthcare higher education is sited between healthcare professional regulation and higher education regulation.
The Council’s regulation policy work focuses on:
- Encouraging outcome-focused and risk-based regulatory reform for higher education institutions and healthcare professionals
- Promoting more adaptive regulatory frameworks that enable and support innovation
- Supporting collaboration between healthcare and education regulators and professional bodies to avoid undue duplication and overlap
The Council works closely with key partners in this area including the Nursing and Midwifery Council, the Health and Care Professions Council, the Office for Students, and the Quality Assurance Agency.
The Council’s Regulation Advisory Group provides strategic advice on the priorities and workstreams of the portfolio.
Group priorities
The Regulation SPG has a key workstream dedicated to supporting regulatory developments in advanced practice. The group is currently focusing on issues relating to student fitness to practise. It is actively contributing to several NMC workstreams, including the Practice Learning Review, the Code and Revalidation Review, and the Advanced Practice Review. In addition, the group will provide input into the HCPC’s review of its Standards of Education and Training.
Regularity of meeting: Quarterly
Group contact
Megan Isherwood
Senior Policy Officer
Megan joined the Council as a Policy Officer in September 2022, having previously worked as a Research and Projects Officer for Healthwatch Southwark and a Research Assistant for the Centre for Britain and Europe, University of Surrey. Megan holds a Master of Science in Gender, Peace and Security from the London School of Economics and Political Science and a Bachelor of Science in Politics and Sociology from the University of Surrey.
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