Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 49181

Psychiatry: Regulation

Tabled: 29 April 2025
Answered: 6 May 2025

Question

Bradley Thomas

ConservativeBromsgrove

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to take steps with the Health and Care Professions Council to include psychotherapists on the list of protected titles within the healthcare industry.

Answer

Karin Smyth
While there are no current plans to protect the professional title “psychotherapist” in law, the Government keeps professions subject to statutory regulation and the list of protected titles under review. The Government is clear that the statutory regulat...

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