Professional Standards Authority for Health and Social Care

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The Professional Standards Authority for Health and Social Care (PSA), is an independent body accountable to the UK Parliament, which promotes the health and wellbeing of the public and oversees the nine UK healthcare regulators.

  • The Authority has a Board comprising seven non-executive members and one executive member, the Chief Executive, who is appointed by the Board.
  • The non-executive members are appointed by the Privy Council, the Secretary of State for Health, the Scottish and Welsh ministers and the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety in Northern Ireland.
  • The Authority is an unclassified public body, funded through the Department of Health in England and by the devolved administrations in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales.


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