To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will request the UK professional healthcare regulators to publish their recent research on the public’s access to professional registers. (146203)

I understand that the Joint Regulators Public and Patient Involvement (PPI) group commissioned, on behalf of the healthcare professional regulatory bodies, a formal piece of research entitled “Making Registers More Usable”. The regulatory bodies are using the report’s findings to inform the ongoing review and development of the registers. I understand that they expect to make the report available in due course, but no final decision has yet been taken.