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General Medical Council and Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service

Commons · Question 2388 · Tabled 18 May 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 1 Jun 2026

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Asked by Charlotte Cane

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of making regulations under Section 28 of the National Health Service Reform and Health Care Professions Act 2002 to provide regulatory oversight of the Gene

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Answered by Karin Smyth, 1 Jun 2026

The Department has not made any recent such assessment. The Professional Standards Authority for Health and Social Care (PSA) oversees the ten statutory bodies that regulate healthcare professionals in the United Kingdom and social workers in England.It s...