Commentary on Sections Part 7 – Regulation of Health and Social Care Workers
1260.Part 7 contains provisions relating to three distinct changes:
1261.Schedule 15 makes further consequential and saving provisions in these areas.
1262.Unless otherwise stated, the following terms used in this Part have the meaning set out below:
	‘the Council’ refers to the body currently known as the Health Professions Council which is renamed the Health and Care Professions Council by the Act;
	‘the Authority’ refers to the Professional Standards Authority for Health and Social Care (which is the new name of the Council for Healthcare Regulatory Excellence);
	‘the 2002 Act’ refers to the National Health Service Reform and Health Care Professions Act 2002;
	‘the 2001 Order’ refers to the Health Professions Order 2001, which is renamed the Health and Social Work Professions Order 2001 by the Act;
	‘the 2000 Act’ refers to the Care Standards Act 2000;
	‘the 1999 Act’ refers to the Health Act 1999; and
	‘the 1983 Act’ refers to the Mental Health Act 1983.
1263.This Part, in particular, provides for the abolition of the General Social Care Council and the transfer of its functions in relation to the regulation of social workers and the education and training of approved mental health professionals in England to the Health Professions Council. The Health Professions Council is renamed the Health and Care Professions Council to reflect its wider remit in regulating social workers in England as well as health professionals in the UK. The name ‘Health and Care Professions Council’ will be supported by a strapline which will specify the professions which the Council regulate, including social workers in England.