Good regulation

Good regulation

Through our policy work we consistently focus on what is good regulation. To help us achieve this we are guided by two sets of overlapping values and principles.

The values in our strategic plan:

• Patient and public centred
• Independent
• Fair
• Transparent
• Proportionate
• Outcome focussed.

The principles of good regulation that we have adopted:

• Proportionality
• Accountability
• Consistency
• Targeting
• Transparency
• Agility

Based on our experience and our unique position in the world of health professional regulation, we contribute to wider debates about the development of regulation, within healthcare and in other areas, in policy reports and in consultation responses. For more details on how we approach policy work, visit our page on developing policy
 

Policy reports

• Board size and effectiveness (Sep 2011)
• Effective engagement with patients and the public (July 2011)
• Measuring the regulators' work (Jun 2011)
• Managing extended practice: Is there a place for 'distributed regulation'? (Jun 2010)
• Scope for sharing functions amongst the regulators (Jul 09)
• Section 60 order prioritisation exercise (Apr 09)
• General Pharmaceutical Council (Nov 08)
• Standard of proof (Jan 08)

Consultation responses

• Response to BIS consultation on regulatory enforcement (Sep 2011)
• Submission to Health Committee accountability hearings (Jun 2011) 
• Response to DHSSPSNI consultation on The Pharmacy Order (Jun 2011)
• Response to Department of Health consultation: Healthy Lives, Healthy People (Mar 2011)
• Response to Home Office Review of the Notifiable Occupations Scheme (Feb 2011) 
• Response to Law Commission’s consultation: Eleventh Programme of law reform (Oct 2010) 
• Response to Scottish Government consultation on Regulation of Independent Healthcare in Scotland (Oct 2010)
• Response to the European Commission consultation on Smart Regulation (Jun 2010)
• DH consultation on regulation of Practitioners of Acupuncture, Herbal Medicine, Traditional Chinese Medicine and Other Traditional Medicine Systems (Nov 2009)
• Response to EC consultation on Data Protection (Dec 2009)
• Department of Health consultation on Responsible Officer Regulations and Guidance (Oct 2009)
• Care Quality Commission consultation on compliance guidance for registration standards (Aug 2009)
• DH consultation on regulations for Office of Health Professions Adjudicator (Jun 2009)
• Legal Services Board consultation on Regulatory Independence (Jun 2009)
• Home Office consultation - Together we can end violence against women and girls (May 2009)
• Written evidence to Regulatory Reform Committee inquiry into Themes and Trends in Regulatory Reform (Mar 2009)
• Response to Commission on Scottish Devolution consultation into The Future of Scottish Devolution within the Union (Feb 2009)