PSA publishes: ‘Making care safer for all: a manifesto for change’
The Professional Standards Authority (PSA) has today published its priorities to help the next UK government deliver better and safer care for all.
Making care safer for all: a manifesto for change outlines the PSA’s recommendations to government to help tackle some of the big challenges within health and social care. It also outlines what professional regulation is doing to make care safer and calls for government to support regulators to allow them to do more to help.
Key recommendations include for government to:
- Prioritise work to modernise the powers of the healthcare professionals regulators
- Ensure that public inquiries and reviews result in lessons learned and acted upon
- Develop a regulatory strategy to support delivery of the NHS Long-Term Workforce Plan and manage risks to safety and public confidence
- Take steps to enhance professional development and accountability of senior managers in the NHS
- Support robust action within health and care to address discrimination in the workplace.
Alan Clamp, PSA Chief Executive said:
‘The next UK government will face many challenges within health and social care – including fixing the safety gaps in our healthcare system, tackling the health and care workforce crisis and improving workplace culture in health and care.’
‘Professional regulation is just one part of the safety system, but with the right support from government it can do much more to help tackle these big issues and deliver better and safer care for all.’
