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The Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC), formerly the Health Professions Council (HPC), is a statutory regulator of over 280,000 [1] professionals from 15 health and care professions in the United Kingdom. The Council reports its main purpose is to protect the public.
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The Health Act 1999 allowed the UK government to more easily change healthcare regulatory arrangements, through orders of the Privy Council. [4] The Kennedy report into the Bristol heart scandal was published in July 2001 and plans for a body to oversee the regulation of healthcare professionals in the UK quickly followed. [5]
'Paramedic' is a protected title, strictly regulated by the Health and Care Professions Council, [1] although there is tendency for the public to use this term when referring to any member of ambulance staff. Emergency medical personnel most often work in an ambulance alongside another member of staff. Typically, an ambulance will be crewed by ...
There are a variety of full and part-time programmes available in occupational therapy the UK, most are Bachelor of Science (with Honours) degrees; some are Postgraduate Diplomas, others are Master's degrees. [1] All programmes must be approved by the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) as meeting their minimum standards. This approval ...
The UK government has a list of professional associations approved for tax purposes (this includes some non-UK based associations, which are not included here). [1] There is a separate list of regulators in the United Kingdom for bodies that are regulators rather than professional associations.
The MHRA has several independent advisory committees which provide the UK Government with information and guidance on the regulation of medicines and medical devices. There are currently eight such committees: [citation needed] Advisory Board on the Registration of Homeopathic Products; Herbal Medicines Advisory Committee; The Review Panel
The precise arrangements for the regulation of the healthcare science workforce in the UK are still evolving (as at April 2013). [4] Traditionally, A number of healthcare science disciplines (such as Biomedical Scientists) had protected titles - which means they were required by law to be registered with the Health and Care Professions Council to use particular professional job titles.