Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 42624
Counselling and Psychiatry: Regulation
Tabled: 31 March 2025
Answered: 7 April 2025
Question
Lisa Smart
Liberal Democrat — Hazel Grove
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of levels of statutory regulation of (a) counsellors and (b) psychotherapists on patient safety.
Answer
Karin SmythThere are no current plans to extend statutory regulation to therapists and counsellors, and no recent assessment has been made of the potential impact of the lack of statutory regulation on patient safety.When considering which professions should be prot...
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