Healthcare Assistants: Training
Commons · Question 3605 · Tabled 20 May 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 1 Jun 2026
Question
Asked by Luke Charters
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of current regulatory arrangements for the training of healthcare support workers; and what steps his Department is taking to ensure that all staff recei
Answer
Answered by Preet Kaur Gill, 1 Jun 2026
Healthcare support workers (HCSWs) are not regulated by a statutory professional body. Where HCSWs are working in health and social care services and the provider is registered with the Care Quality Commission (CQC), the CQC regulates the service provider...