In this episode, Professor Kieran Walshe joins Susan Biggar to discuss the purpose of health professions regulation and what kind of problems it is trying to fix. They talk about how regulators have choices about how they want to regulate, what those choices are and how and why regulators make them. Professor Walshe is Professor of Health Policy and Management at Alliance Manchester Business School, and Director of Health and Care Research Wales, and he underscores how different styles and priorities can influence how a regulator protects the public. Join this conversation about health regulation currently and important future changes and trends ahead.