19.04.12
Review of threshold standards safety for health professions
The Health Professions Council (HPC) wants people to have their say on its review of profession-specific standards of proficiency.
The review covers arts therapists, dietitians, occupational therapists, orthoptists, physiotherapists, and radiographers.
The standards set the threshold for safe and effective practise in theUK, and are divided into generic standards that apply to all the professions and standards specific to each of the professions regulated.
HPC director of policy and standards Michael Guthrie said: “At the start of the review of each profession’s standards, we asked the relevant professional bodies to review the standards of proficiency for their profession and recommend changes. We then used their comments to produce a revised set of draft standards for each profession, which we are now consulting on.
“These consultations are about the standards for the first group of professions to undergo review. We will continue to review the profession-specific standards for the other professions we regulate on a rolling basis over the next 18 months.
“We will use the responses we receive to decide if further changes are needed. After the final sets of standards are approved by our Council, they will be published. We will work with education providers to phase-in the new standards gradually after each profession’s revised standards are published.”
The consultation deadline is 27 July 2012. For details on how to get involved visit www.hpc-uk.org/aboutus/consultations/
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