The Social Workers Regulations 2018

Duty to co-operate

7.—(1) The persons specified for the purposes of section 53(1)(d)(1) of the Act are—

(a) public bodies or other persons concerned with —

(i) the employment (whether or not under a contract of service) of social workers in England,

(ii) the education or training of social workers in England or health care professionals,

(iii) the regulation of, or the co-ordination of the regulation of, health care professionals,

(iv) the regulation of providers of health services,

(v) the provision, supervision or management of health or education services,

(vi) the inspection of education, social services or health care in England,

(vii) the regulation of social work in England, and

(viii) the provision, supervision or management of the services of persons engaged in social work in England,

(b) the National Health Service Commissioning Board established under section 1H of the National Health Service Act 2006(2),

(c) any clinical commissioning group established under section 14D of the National Health Service Act 2006(3),

(d) any NHS trust established under section 25 of the National Health Service Act 2006,

(e) any NHS foundation trust within the meaning given in section 30 of the National Health Service Act 2006(4),

(f) the Care Quality Commission established under section 1(1) of the Health and Social Care Act 2008(5),

(g) the Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services and Skills established under section 112(1) of the Education and Inspections Act 2006(6),

(h) any local policing body and any chief officer of police, for a police area in England, within the meanings given in section 101(1) of the Police Act 1996(7),

(i) the Disclosure and Barring Service, within the meaning given in section 87(1) of the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012(8).

(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1), “health care professionals” means persons regulated by a body mentioned in section 25(3) of the National Health Service Reform and Health Care Professions Act 2002 other than the regulator(9).

(1)

Section 53(1) provides that the regulator must, where appropriate, co-operate with (a) Social Care Wales, (b) the Scottish Social Services Council, (c) the Northern Ireland Social Care Council, and (d) any other person specified in regulations made by the Secretary of State.

(2)

2006 c. 41. Section 1H(1) was inserted by section 9(1) of the Health and Social Care Act 2012.

(3)

Section 14D was inserted by section 25(1) of the Health and Social Care Act 2012.

(4)

Section 30 was amended by section 159(1) of the Health and Social Care Act 2012.

(5)

2008 c. 14.

(6)

2006 c. 40.

(7)

1996 c. 16. The definition of “local policing body” was inserted by section 96(2)(a) of the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 (c. 13). There are other amendments to section 101(1) but none is relevant.

(8)

2012 c. 9.

(9)

The bodies mentioned (other than the regulator) are the General Medical Council, the General Dental Council, the General Optical Council, the General Osteopathic Council, the General Chiropractic Council, the General Pharmaceutical Council, the Pharmaceutical Society of Northern Ireland, the Nursing and Midwifery Council, the Health and Care Professions Council, and any other regulatory body (within the meaning of Schedule 3 to the Health Act 1999 (c. 8)) established by an Order in Council under section 60 of that Act.