Overview of the Structure Part 7 – Regulation of health and social care workers
28.Part 7 makes various changes to the regulation of health and social care workers. It provides for the abolition of the General Social Care Council and the transfer of some of its functions to the Health Professions Council, which will be renamed the Health and Care Professionals Council to reflect its wider remit across health and social care.
29.It also makes changes to the funding and functions of the Council for Healthcare Regulatory Excellence (CHRE), which is to be renamed the Professional Standards Authority for Health and Social Care.
30.Provision is also made in this Part for the abolition of the Office of the Health Professions Adjudicator.