The Pharmaceutical Journal
Vol 278 No 7436 p99
27 January 2007

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UK regulators seek duty to exchange information

UK regulators of health professionals have told the European Commission that regulators across Europe should be required to exchange disciplinary and registration information they hold on their registrants and to act on any adverse information (PDF 70K).

Responding to a commission consultation (PDF 60K) on how to guarantee uniform access to health care across EU borders (PJ, 23 September 2006, p359), the Alliance of UK Health Regulators on Europe (AURE) said this week: “Placing a new legal duty on regulators across the EU to exchange registration and disciplinary information, and to act on it, would provide the tools to enable free movement while at the same time ensuring the safety of patients and the public.”

AURE is a coalition of the 10 UK regulators of health and social care professionals, including the Royal Pharmaceutical Society, the General Medical Council and the General Social Care Council.