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Health Professions: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made on the potential merits of statutory regulation of therapy titles.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
10 Dec 2025
Target answer date
15 Dec 2025
Answer
19 Dec 2025 · 9 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 10 Dec 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made on the potential merits of statutory regulation of therapy titles.

  2. 15 Dec 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 19 Dec 2025

    Answer published

    Titles can only be protected for statutorily regulated professions. Some regulated professions include the term ‘therapist’ and as such have protected title status, for example Art therapist, Dental therapist, and Occupational therapist. Therapists in gen...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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