The Department does not have an estimate of the total amount spent by the National Health Service on healthcare as a result of air pollution.<\/p>
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The Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) is a self-financing, independent regulator that is accountable to Parliament through the Professional Standards Authority whose role is to assess the HCPC\u2019s performance, conduct audits, scrutinise their decisions and report to Parliament.<\/p>
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The professional regulators are funded by registrant fees and as independent bodies it is for them to set their fees at a level which ensures they can fulfil their statutory role of protecting, promoting and maintaining the health and safety of the public.<\/p>
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As part of the process for raising fees the HCPC undertook a public consultation, the responses from which were considered by the HCPC before implementing the fee rise.<\/p>
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The Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) is a self-financing, independent regulator that is accountable to Parliament through the Professional Standards Authority whose role is to assess the HCPC\u2019s performance, conduct audits, scrutinise their decisions and report to Parliament.<\/p>
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In determining the level of fee increase the HCPC undertook a public consultation and considered the responses before setting the fee.<\/p>
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It is for the council of the HCPC to determine what evaluation it commissions on its recent increase in mandatory registration fees.<\/p>
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