Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 115490

Mental Health Services: Regulation

Tabled: 24 February 2026

Answered: 3 March 2026

Question

Mrs Elsie Blundell

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of potential harm of unregulated practise for counselling and psychotherapy, and what assessment he has made of the adequacy of voluntary accreditation for counselling a

Answer

Karin Smyth

The Government is clear that the professions protected in law must be the right ones and that the level of regulatory oversight must be proportionate to the risks to the public.The Department has no current plans to extend statutory regulation to counsell...

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