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A newly launched Department of Health consultation on the regulation of healthcare professionals provides an opportunity for a 'robust and open' discussion, the General Pharmaceutical Council has said. 

The UK's €complex and outdated€ regulatory landscape must change to protect patients and support healthcare professionals, the DH said as it launched the consultation. The DH is seeking views on proposals aimed at designing a €flexible model of professional regulation that secures public trust, fosters professionalism and improves clinical practice, while also being adaptable to future developments in healthcare.€

GPhC chief executive Duncan Rudkin said the DH consultation €provides the opportunity to have a robust, open and wide-ranging discussion about how regulation can best protect and assure patients and the public, and support the professionalism of all health professionals.€

The GPhC €has a clear vision for the role and purpose of regulation,€ Mr Rudkin says, and is €pleased that the objectives set out in the government's consultation align closely with our own strategic plan.€ 

€We intend to play an active part in the discussions about developing a future approach to regulation, which must have the interests of patients and the public at its heart,€ Mr Rudkin added.