Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of regulations governing those practising as sports therapists.

The Government is committed to supporting the development of a modern health and care workforce as part of our continuing drive to provide safe, accessible and high-quality care for patients and service users.

The statutory regulation of healthcare professionals should be used proportionately and only where the risks to public and patient protection cannot be addressed in other ways, such as through employer oversight or accredited voluntary registration.

The Professional Standards Authority set standards for organisations holding voluntary registers for health and social care occupations and accredits those registers that meet them.

They have accredited three voluntary registers for sports therapists and sports rehabilitators:

- British Association of Sports Rehabilitators (BASRaT);

- The Complementary and Natural Healthcare Council (CNHC); and

- The Federation of Holistic Therapists.