The Pharmaceutical Journal
Vol 279 No 7473 p396
13 October 2007

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Draft agreement on regulation of migrant health workers

Health regulators in Europe, including the Alliance of UK Health Regulators on Europe (AURE), have compiled a draft agreement aimed at ensuring that patients are properly protected from poor practice when health professionals move from one country to another.

The draft agreement (PDF 90K), settled at a meeting in Portugal this week, sets out shared principles for regulation, including greater openness about registration status and the measurement of performance and competence.

Welcoming the draft, Hugh Simpson, AURE convener, said: “By setting out practical steps to enhance transparency, regulators across Europe have also made clear a desire to support best practice and assure confidence in the regulatory system as mobility increases.”

AURE is a network of the UK’s 10 health and social care regulators, including the Royal Pharmaceutical Society.

The aim now is to get national regulators for the health professions to endorse the draft agreement by the end of the year. The Society has already signed the agreement.