Leading the NHS: Proposals to regulate NHS managers

In November 2024, the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) launched a consultation on the need for formal regulation of the NHS management function. It sought views on wide-ranging proposals that may eventually constitute a regulatory framework for NHS managers.

We welcomed the opportunity to respond to the government’s proposals. To inform our response, we scoped extensive evidence and engaged with experts on ethnic health and workforce inequalities and NHS leadership. We recognise that there are strongly held, and at times opposing views on these proposals, and we have endeavoured to account for them in our response, which was submitted in February 2025.