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Health Professions: Regulation

Asked by James NaishLabourDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 20 January 2026UIN 104331

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to update healthcare professional regulation.

Answered by Karin Smyth

The Government is committed to modernising the regulatory frameworks for all healthcare professionals in the United Kingdom.

As a first step, we aim to consult on secondary legislation to modernise the General Medical Council’s regulatory framework early this year and to lay this legislation before Parliament in the same year. We also plan to update the governing legislation of the Nursing and Midwifery Council and the Health and Care Professions Council within the current parliamentary period.

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