Change in direction in the government’s approach to regulation
Posted on Monday 7 March 2011
The UK Government has issued a command paper, ’Enabling excellence: autonomy and accountability for healthcare workers, social workers and social care workers’ (Cm 8008), which signals a change in direction in its approach to the regulation of counselling and psychotherapy. In short, the command paper indicates that:
BACP urges public to use accountable counsellors until regulation resolved
Posted on Saturday 24 April 2010
The mental health charity, Mind, has called for independent statutory regulation to help protect clients of therapy from malpractice, thereby joining the ongoing campaign for regulation by organisations such as BACP. However, while the Government resolves this issue BACP is again urging members of the public who want safe counselling to use its members or those belonging to similarly accountable organisations.
BACP rejects HPC proposals
Posted on Wednesday 14 October 2009
The British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy (BACP) has responded to the Professional Liaison Group’s (PLG) draft consultation, stating that it does not support the specific proposals to differentiate within the standards of proficiency and threshold entry levels to the register.
The full BACP response can be viewed at: http://www.bacp.co.uk/regulation/.
HPC consultation on statutory regulation
Posted on Saturday 19 September 2009
Consultation on the statutory regulation of psychotherapists and counsellors
The Health Professions Council (HPC) has launched a three month consultation on the statutory regulation of psychotherapists and counsellors. It incorporates recommendations made by the Psychotherapists and Counsellors Professional Liaison Group (PLG) and the HPC Council.