Professional regulation
The inquiry highlighted the importance of effective professional regulation in ensuring patient safety.
It emphasised the need for professional regulators to work closely with each other and with system regulators.
Both professional and system regulators recognise the importance of sharing information, aligning processes and working together to improve and are putting in place measures to ensure the necessary changes take place.
Professional regulation
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Recommendation 222General Medical Council involvement in complaints and concerns
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Recommendation 223The General Medical Councils interactions with other regulators
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Recommendation 224Systemising the sharing of information between professional regulators
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Recommendation 225Peer reviews following individual concerns
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Recommendation 226The Nursing and Midwifery Council’s power to intervene prior to disaster
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Recommendation 227The Nursing and Midwifery Council’s power to investigate
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Recommendation 228The administration of the Nursing and Midwifery Council
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Recommendation 229Revalidation system for nurses and midwives
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Recommendation 230Promotion of the Nursing and Midwifery Council
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Recommendation 231Nursing and Midwifery Council procedures and trust disciplinary procedures