title: Safety in standards.
abstract: From osteopaths and nursery nurses to teachers and social workers, increasingly professionals are setting up their own independent bodies to regulate standards and establish a national register of qualified practitioners. Wendy Moore examines the proposals to establish a national council for social workers at a time when health visitors are having to defend their registered status.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Moore
mesh_terms: D003152:Community Health Nursing / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D008004:Licensure; D011361:Professional Competence / Q000592:standards*; D012947:Social Work / Q000592:standards*