UK healthcare professional regulators have called on the EC to propose a legal duty on bodies with similar roles across Europe to exchange disciplinary and registration information on healthcare professionals to ensure patient safety.
The call was made by the EC's consultation on Community Action on Health Services by the Alliance of UK Health Regulators on Europe, a coalition of all 10 UK health and social care professional regulators including the General Optical Council.
Professor Sir Graeme Catto, president of the General Medical Council, said: 'While the UK undoubtedly benefits from this high level mobility, registering many dedicated professionals who contribute positively to healthcare in this country, there may be a minority who exploit free-movement rights and put patients at risk. 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.'
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