Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 10096

Counselling and Psychiatry: Registration

Tabled: 21 October 2024
Answered: 12 November 2024
Named Day

Question

Rachael Maskell

Labour (Co-op)York Central

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to prevent (a) counsellors and (b) psychotherapists from working if they are not on a voluntary register.

Answer

Karin Smyth
The Professional Standards Authority for Health and Social Care (PSA) operates a voluntary registers programme, which provides a proportionate means of assurance for unregulated professions, that sits between employer controls and statutory regulation by ...

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