Health Services: Regulation
(asked on 12th April 2016) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many regulatory bodies there are in the health sector; and what the direct annual cost to his Department is of running each such body.
The regulatory bodies in the health sector are listed in the table below.
Arm’s Length Body (ALB) /Executive Agency (EA) Regulatory Bodies [1] |
Care Quality Commission |
Health Research Authority |
Human Fertilisation & Embryology Authority |
Human Tissue Authority |
Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency |
NHS Improvement [2] |
|
Other Bodies |
Professional Standards Authority for Health and Social Care |
|
Professional Regulatory Bodies |
General Chiropractic Council |
General Dental Council |
General Medical Council |
General Optical Council |
General Osteopathic Council |
General Pharmaceutical Council |
Health & Care Professions Council |
Nursing & Midwifery Councils |
Pharmaceutical Society of Northern Ireland |
The funding provided via Parliamentary funding or Grant in Aid for 2013/14 and 2014/15 for the ALB/EA regulatory bodies and the Professional Standards Authority is attached. Data for 2015/16 is not yet available.
The professional regulatory bodies are independent of government and there is no direct cost to the Government because they are funded through the registrants’ fees.
[1] As defined in the Cabinet Office’s Categories of Public bodies: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/80075/Categories_of_public_bodies_Dec12.pdf
[2] From 1 April 2016, NHS Improvement is the operational name for an organisation that brings together Monitor and NHS Trust Development Authority.