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HCAs must be regulated.

The long awaited report on a pilot project that has seen healthcare support workers in three Scottish health board areas join a voluntary register has finally been released. Sadly, it has not reached many conclusions on whether and how such staff should be regulated. As Nursing Standard reveals this week, ministers in the four UK countries are hesitant about what to do next.