Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 122076
Psychiatry: Regulation
Tabled: 18 March 2026
Answered: 23 March 2026
Named DayQuestion
Samantha Niblett
Labour — South Derbyshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has plans to introduce statutory regulation for psychotherapy professions, including counsellors and CBT psychotherapists.
Answer
Karin SmythThe 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 keeps the professions subject to regulation under review but ha...
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