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A comprehensive and authoritative reference on the principles and processes for regulating healthcare professionals In
Operations of Regulators of Healthcare Professionals, renowned international regulator Marc Seale delivers an authoritative exploration of the operations of healthcare regulators, addressing the administration and management of regulators, communication, governance, and standards for regulators. This comprehensive reference work examines all components of the regulators of healthcare professionals, providing clear definitions and analysis lacking in the existing literature on the subject, and offers a practical guide for understanding a complex regulatory landscape. Readers will also find:
- A thorough introduction to the administration and management of regulators, communication, and governance
- Comprehensive explorations of the service standards, operational performance of regulators, and regulatory failure
- Practical discussions of planning and research, the history and reform of regulating healthcare professionals, and standards for regulators
- A review of the future of the regulation of healthcare professionals
Perfect for the educators and teachers of healthcare students,
Operations of Regulators of Healthcare Professionals will also benefit healthcare students, consumer advocacy organisations, employers of healthcare professionals, professional associations, law-makers and regulators. Volume 4 of 4 in
Principles and Processes for Regulating Healthcare Professionals
List of contents
Author Biography ix
Preface xi
Operations of Regulators of Healthcare Professionals xiii
Acknowledgements xv
About the Companion Website xvii
Introduction xix
1 Administration and Management of Regulators 1 1.1 Structures for Regulating Healthcare Professionals 1
1.2 Operating Models of Regulators of Healthcare Professionals 14
1.3 Policy and Strategy Development 31
1.4 Financial Characteristics of Regulators of HCPs 37
1.5 Economics of Regulating Professionals 45
1.6 Monopolies Professionals and Their Regulation 52
1.7 Establishing New Statutory Regulators 58
1.8 Abolishing Regulators and Transferring Registers 61
2 Communication 71 2.1 Communication 71
2.2 Communication Channels and Techniques 75
2.3 Consultation 82
2.4 Promoting Professions and Professionals 85
2.5 Reputation Management 87
3.4 Selection Appointment Training and Appraisal of Board Members 110
3.5 Performance of Boards Their Members and Complaints 115
3.6 Committees and Working Groups 118
3.7 Remuneration of Board Members 123
4 Service Standards and Operational Performance of Regulators 127 4.1 Service Standards and Operational Performance of Regulators 127
4.2 Evaluating Operational Performance of Regulators 132
4.3 Standards Organisations 135
4.4 Complaints About Services of Regulators 137
4.5 Data Protection 140
4.6 Freedom of Information 142
5 Regulatory Failure 145 5.1 Regulatory Failure 145
6 Standards for Regulators 159 6.1 Evaluating Regulatory Interventions 159
6.2 Standards for Regulators 167
6.3 Characteristics and Attributes of Regulators 173
6.4 Auditing and Overseeing Regulators 179
3 Governance 91 3.1 Governance and the Role and Responsibilities of Boards 91
3.2 Composition Structures and Size of Boards 99
3.3 Standards and Competences of Board Members 107
7 Roundup 185 7.1 National Emergencies Natural Disasters and Epidemics 185
7.2 Professional Indemnity Insurance 189
7.3 Regulation of Healthcare Delivery Facilities 198
7.4 Telehealth 201
7.5 Workforce Planning 204
8 History and Reform of Regulating Healthcare Professionals 213 8.1 History of the Healthcare Delivery System 213
8.2 History of the Healthcare Professions 216
8.3 History of the Education and Training of Healthcare Professionals 219
8.4 History of the Regulation of Healthcare Professionals 221
8.5 Reforming the Regulation of Healthcare Professionals 234
9 Planning and Research 239 9.1 Planning Processes 239
9.2 Scenarios 242
9.3 Researching the Evidence Base for Regulating Healthcare Professionals 251
9.4 Research - Ethics and Integrity 257
10 Future of the Regulation of Healthcare Professionals 261 10.1 Future of the Regulation of Healthcare Professionals 261
Epilogue 263
Legislation Index 265
Organisation Index 267
People Index 269
Subject Index 271
About the author
Marc Seale was the Chief Executive and Registrar of the Health and Care Professions Council-the UK multi-professional regulator-for 18 years. He has extensive experience of the regulation of healthcare professions in the UK, Europe and the USA.
