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The ICPD is part of The Harris Foundation for Lifelong Learning (previously the Continuing Professional Development Foundation), [4] an educational non-profit charitable trust that has provided CPD since 1981, based in London, England. [5] The institute has corporate affiliates. [6] A Fellow of the institute can use the post-nominal FInstCPD ...
In the 2016 report Children’s Social Care Reform: A Vision for Change, the Department for Education announced their intention to create a new regulatory organisation for social workers in England that would come to be SWE. [3] Social Work England was established under the Children and Social Work Act 2017. [1]
The work of the HCPC and other health professions regulators in the UK (the General Medical Council, Nursing and Midwifery Council, General Dental Council, etc.) is overseen by the Professional Standards Authority. On 2 December 2019, the regulation of social workers in England was transferred to a new body, Social Work England. [10]
The Health Act 1999 allowed the UK government to more easily change healthcare regulatory arrangements, through orders of the Privy Council. [4] The Kennedy report into the Bristol heart scandal was published in July 2001 and plans for a body to oversee the regulation of healthcare professionals in the UK quickly followed. [ 5 ]
The British Association of Social Workers (BASW) is the largest professional association of registered social workers in the United Kingdom. [1] The association has a members' code of ethics that outlines best social work practice and works to support social workers and care managers through education and resources.
Wills Commission on the Future of Nursing Education 2012 Quality with Compassion: the future of nursing education led by Phil Willis [96] Additional reports relating to nursing in the UK include: Lancet Commission on Nursing (1932) – looked at the reasons for the shortages of applicants to nursing; UKCC for Nursing Midwifery and Health Visiting.
Licensure restricts entry into professional careers in medicine, nursing, law, business, pharmacy, psychology, social work, teaching, engineering, surveying, and architecture. Advocates claim that licensure protects the consumer [ citation needed ] through the application of professional, educational and/or ethical standards of practice.
The Health and Care Professions Council regulated social workers until December 2019 [3] when the function was transferred to Social Work England, a new non-departmental public body established by the Children and Social Work Act 2017. [4] [5]