Question follow-through · 4102

Health Professions: Qualifications

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Health and Care Professions Council in accrediting people with international qualifications.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body: Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled: 3 Sept 2024
Target answer date: 5 Sept 2024
Answer: 11 Sept 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

3 Sept 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Health and Care Professions Council in accrediting people with international qualifications.
5 Sept 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
11 Sept 2024
Answer published
No assessment has been made by the Government. The Professional Standards Authority for Health and Social Care (PSA) oversees the work of the statutory bodies that regulate health professionals in the United Kingdom, including the Health and Care Professi...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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