By Eleanor Jolliffe2021-05-12T06:00:00+01:00 Sweeping changes are on the way but there are some fundamental questions about how, and indeed whether, the new competence regime will work, writes Eleanor Jolliffe Re-accreditation. It’s the sort of thing you wish wasn’t necessary, that shouldn’t need to be necessary – but apparently is. Competence is a virtue my Dad holds in high esteem. It’s what he would always ask us to aim for when we were children, a general competence in life being “all” he asks my sister and me to achieve. It doesn’t sound glamorous; to be called competent should surely be a minimum requirement. Being called competent feels about exciting as being called nice, or sensible or reliable – barely one half step from dull.