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Bells

The tower houses a ring of bells of 12 bells, augmented by a flat sixth which enables two octaves to be rung. The bells were recast in 1998 and range in weight from 4 to over 22 hundredweight.

On 17 October 2015, the church was the venue for a successful attempt at a change ringing record, when 21,216 changes of the Cambridge Surprise Maximus method ringing were rung by a band of twelve visiting ringers between 7am and 9.30pm. This broke the previous record set in 1965 at Birmingham Cathedral, and followed a previous unsuccessful attempt at South Petherton in 2014.

The following is a list of regulators in the UK. Regulators exercise regulatory or supervisory authority over a variety of endeavors in the UK.

Local authorities in the UK provide regulatory functions in a number of areas. Professional association also act to regulate their memberships. The UK is also bound by a number of European and other trans-national regulators, not listed here.

Charities

• Charity Commission for England and Wales
• Charity Commission for Northern Ireland
• Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator

Education

• The General Teaching Councils for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
• Ofqual - Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation
• Ofsted - Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills

Environment

• Environment Agency (EA)
• Northern Ireland Environment Agency (NIEA)
• Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA)
• Natural Resources Wales (NRW)

Finance

• Financial Services Authority
• Office of the Regulator of Community Interest Companies
• The Pensions Regulator

Health and Social Care

Regulators of health and social care professionals

The Professional Standards Authority for Health and Social Care (PSA) is the overarching statutory regulator for healthcare professionals, and oversees the work of a number of profession-specific statutory and voluntary regulators.

The statutory regulators overseen by the PSA are:

• the General Chiropractic Council (GCC) is the statutory regulator of chiropractors.
• the General Dental Council (GDC) maintains a statutory register of dentists, and also a register of dental care professionals:
  • clinical dental technicians,
  • dental hygienists,
  • dental nurses,
  • dental technicians,
  • dental therapists, and
  • orthodontic therapists.
• the General Medical Council (GMC) regulates doctors and has three statutory lists:
  • the Medical Register, on which all doctors wishing to practice in the UK must be included (they must also be licensed)
  • the General Practitoners Register, on which a doctor must also be included if they work as a GP in the NHS
  • the Specialist Register, which any doctor working as a consultant in the NHS must be included upon.
• the General Optical Council (GOC) maintains statutory registers of:
  • optometrists
  • dispensing opticians
• the General Osteopathic Council (GOsC) keeps a statutory register of osteopaths
• the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) maintains statutory registers the following professionals working in England, Wales and Scotland:
  • pharmacists
  • pharmacy technicians
• the Pharmaceutical Society of Northern Ireland (PSNI) registers pharmacists (but not pharmacy technicians) in Northern Ireland
• the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) which maintains statutory registers of:
  • Arts therapists
  • Biomedical scientists
  • Chiropodists/podiatrists
  • Clinical scientists
  • Dietitians
  • Hearing aid dispensers
  • Occupational therapists
  • Operating department practitioners
  • Orthoptists
  • Paramedics
  • Physiotherapists
  • Practitioner psychologists (e.g. Clinical psychologists)
  • Prosthetists and orthotists
  • Radiographers
  • Social workers in England
  • Speech and language therapists
• the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) is the statutory regulator for nurses (including health visitors) and midwives.

In addition, a number of voluntary professional associations which maintain registers of other health-related practitioners are part of an accreditation scheme run by the PSA:

• the Alliance of Private Sector Practitioners (foot health practitioners working in the private sector)
• the British Acupuncture Council
• the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy
• the British Association of Sport Rehabilitators and Trainers
• the Complementary and Natural Healthcare Council
• COSCA (Counselling & Psychotherapy in Scotland)
• the Federation of Holistic Therapists
• the National Counselling Society
• the National Hypnotherapy Society
• Play Therapy UK
• the UK Public Health Register
• the United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy

NHS England, while not a professional regulator, maintains statutory Performers Lists of general practitioners, dentists and optometrists - without inclusion on one of these lists a GP, dentist or optometrist cannot provide NHS primary care services.

Healthcare system regulators

• Care Quality Commission (CQC)

• Health and Safety Executive

• Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority
• Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA)

Law

• General Council of the Bar
• Solicitors Regulation Authority
• Law Society of Northern Ireland
• Law Society of Scotland

Social Care

• Care Council for Wales (CCW)
• General Social Care Council (GSCC)
• Northern Ireland Social Care Council (NISCC)
• Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC)

Transport

• Civil Aviation Authority (CAA)
• Office of Rail Regulation (ORR)

Utilities

• Ofcom - Independent regulator and competition authority for the UK communications industries
  • PhonepayPlus - regulator for phone-paid services in the UK, part of Ofcom, replaces ICSTIS
• Ofgem - the Office of the Gas and Electricity Markets
• Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR)
• Ofwat - the Water Services Regulation Authority
• The Utility Regulator - regulating electricity, gas, water and sewerage industries in Northern Ireland
• Water Industry Commissioner for Scotland

Other

• Advertising Standards Authority (ASA)
• British Board of Film Censors (BBFC)
• Consumer Focus - the statutory consumer champion for England, Wales, Scotland and (for postal consumers) Northern Ireland
• Council for Registered Gas Installers
• Direct Marketing Authority
• Engineering Council - the regulatory body for the Engineering profession
• Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC)
• Food Standards Agency
• Forensic Science Regulator
• Gaming Board for Great Britain (GBGB)
• Gangmasters Licensing Authority
• Information Commissioner's Office
• Planning Inspectorate
• Police Complaints Authority
• Press Complaints Commission (PCC)
• Scottish Housing Regulator (SHC)
• Security Industry Authority

See also

• List of professional associations in the United Kingdom
• Inspectorate#UK

Category:Lists of organisations based in the United Kingdom