Quality Assurance in Health and Social Care

Education- Working with Professional and

Statutory Regulatory BodiesFiona McArthur-Rouse

Head of Academic Planning & Quality

Faculty of Health & Social Care

University

Quality Assurance

Agency (QAA)

Professional and

Statutory Regulatory

Bodies (PSRBs)

Health Education England (HEE)

Professional and Statutory Regulatory Bodies (PSRBs)

Statutory Regulatorso Regulatory Bodies that are

set up by ‘statute’ (legislation)

o Protection of the public

o Maintain a register of individuals whose professional titles are protected by law

o Sets standards for the education, training, conduct and performance of registrants

Professional Bodieso Membership organisations,

usually for single professions or sub-sets of professions

o Provide profession-specific guidance regarding ‘good practice’ (e.g. Continuing Professional Development (CPD) activities and curriculum content)

o Accreditation of programmes

Regulated Professions at CCCU

Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) Occupational Therapy

Diagnostic Radiography

Operating Department Practitioners

Paramedics

Speech and Language Therapists

Social Workers

Clinical Psychology

Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) Nursing (adult, child, mental

health)

Midwifery

Health Visiting/School Nursing

General Optical Council (GOC) Dispensing Opticians

General Medical Council (GMC) (in progress) Postgraduate Medicine

Programme Approval

Usually conducted ‘conjointly’ between the University and the PSRBs

Programme teams map their programmes to show how they meet the relevant PSRB’s standards for education/proficiency

Reviewers scrutinise the evidence provided and attend the approval event on behalf of the PSRB

Conditions and recommendations are jointly agreed and the reviewer reports back to the PSRB

Programme Monitoring

Approved programmes are subject to annual monitoring (risk-based) to ensure that they continue to meet the PSRB’s standards

Process may involve a visit/inspection, involving staff, students and placement providers

The University is accountable for the management of quality (and risk) of the education and practice-based elements of the programme

Need to work in partnership with placement providers to ensure the quality of the learning experience and the protection of the public

Health Education England

Local Education and Training Board (Health Education – Kent, Surrey and Sussex) commissions our programmes

Conduct annual quality monitoring of placement providers and the University using Education Commissioning for Quality performance indicators

Requirement to demonstrate impact of our programmes on patient outcomes through the Education Outcomes Framework

•Standards for Education•Standards of Proficiency

•Programme Approval•Risk-based annual monitoring

•Education Commissioning for Quality•Education Outcomes Framework

•UK Quality Code•FHEQ•Subject benchmarks

•Programme Approval•Annual Departmental Programme Review

•Periodic Review

University

Quality Assurance

Agency (QAA)

Professional and

Statutory Regulatory

Bodies (PSRBs)

Health Education England (HEE)