21 December 2010
The Health Professions Council (HPC) has launched a consultation on the criteria that it uses to decide whether to annotate a post-registration qualification on its Register. The consultation also seeks views on whether or not the HPC should consider annotating qualifications in neuropsychology and podiatric surgery.
The HPC is proposing some criteria which it will use to decide whether a post-registration qualification is annotated on its Register. Post-registration qualifications are those which individuals undertake once they are registered with the HPC. They often permit registrants to extend their scope of practice into areas not covered by their initial pre-registration training. The criteria have been based on discussions with stakeholders and analysis of existing HPC processes.
The purpose of the criteria is to ensure that decisions about whether a post-registration qualification is annotated on the HPC Register are made consistently and to provide a clear rationale for the decision. The consultation will run from 1 November 2010 until 1 February 2011