The Health Care and Associated Professions Order is part of a series of Orders that will take forward the reforms identified in the White Paper "Trust, Assurance and Safety" . This Order concentrates on the reforms set out in Chapter One of the White Paper (Assuring independence: the governance and accountability of the professional regulators) but also includes measures that are required to deliver other legislative requirements and some items that have been identified by the regulators as needing urgent reform. It also introduces the statutory regulation of practitioner psychologists through the Health Professions Council.

Contact: Kat Caldwell: Policy Support Officer.