The Evolving Role of the RCCP

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1 The Evolving Role of the RCCP SCST HOD Meeting, Birmingham, 30 th November 2012 Dr Brian Campbell Daisy Hill Hospital, Southern Health & Social Care Trust

2 Introduction Historical context How/why RCCP started How it works SCST involvement The future

3 History Professions Supplementary to Medicine Act 1960 Developed to ensure proper qualifications to work in the NHS (5.2R) Chiropodists (podiatrists) majority in private sector (4.32R) Radiographers etc

4 Why regulate? To maintain high standards, safe practice and ensure that those whose practice, but do not uphold the standards, can be held to account

5 History 1985 SCST first engaged with the Council for Professions Supplementary to Medicine (CPSM) to begin the process leading to Statutory Regulation

6 History SCST struggled on for over 10 years trying to meet the ever changing requirements of CPSM, including having to prove we meet Lord Benson s 9 requirements for a mature profession

7 History 1996 Report of a review of the Professions Supplementary to Medicine Act (1960) with recommendations for new legislation Paramount aim protection of the public (5.2) To provide an employment standard for NHS and other employers (5.4)

8 Protection of the Public Invasive procedures or clinical intervention with the potential for harm Or the exercise of judgement by the unsupervised professional which can substantially impact on patient health or welfare

9 History Established professional body already operates a voluntary register

10 History - Size matters The rules changed again and SCST was told only bigger groupings of staff would be admitted Under the auspices of the Chief Scientific Officer, the Clinical Physiology disciplines came together to form a single group to apply for regulation

11 History The Registration Council for Clinical Physiologists (RCCP) was formed its first major task was to establish the BSc in Clinical Physiology Incidentally, this pre dated Agenda for Change and ensured that we were treated as a degree entry profession (band 5)

12 Structure RCCP Council Cardiology Neurophysiology Respiratory Audiology GI Physiology

13 Education structure RCCP Professional Bodies Education Committee Cardiology Neurophysiology Respiratory Audiology GI Physiology

14 RCCP Worked with Universities to develop BSc level courses for Clinical Physiologists Based on the core components of work place activity for each profession Developed the process for accrediting the courses Developed the process for assessing the current workforce

15 Education Groups

16 HEI Accreditation Learning outcomes developed PB Assessment HEI programme Professional body Moderators RCCP Accreditation

17 How it works Continual review of degree education Through RCCP PBEC And ACPE

18 Workforce accreditation

19 History The Council for Professions Supplementary to Medicine (CPSM) was replaced by the Health Professions Council on 1 April 2002 RCCP presented its case and was accepted as a group requiring Regulation HPC wrote to the Secretary of State for Health to recommend that RCCP were a group requiring regulation, which was acknowledged at that time

20 History A national Standard was established and DH issued guidance stating that from 2005 all new CPs MUST have the degree Work began with DH to prepare the case for public consultation a pre-requisite for an addendum to the 1960 act required to add us to the professions regulated by HPC

21 2012 At this point in time the government position is the assured voluntary regulation is sufficient SCST & RCCP disagree

22 Assured Voluntary Registration The governments preferred option Not yet completely clear who will administer these registers likely to be the Centre for Healthcare Regulatory Excellence (CHRE) Although RCCP do not believe in voluntary regulation we may need to go through the process, which is expensive

23 Why regulate? Patient Safety

24 Poor Practice Examples of complaints received: Paedophile on sex offenders register Inaccurate reports by a locum Fraud Qualifications given not proven Violent & threatening behaviour Practicing beyond scope of knowledge

25 Why regulate Dealing with poor practice requires teeth that only statutory regulation can provide

26 Future RCCP s primary aim is the attainment of statutory regulation IF it becomes evident that there is no choice other than voluntary registration RCCP MAY then consider closing

27 AHCS

28 Roles of the Academy 1. Liaise with relevant stakeholders to maintain a career framework recognised in NHS job roles 2. Define and maintain standards for certification (& Equivalence) of individuals, unifying requirements and criteria as well as providing certification. 3. Maintain standards for assessment and for the delivery of courses and programmes

29 AHCS For those groups outside of statutory regulation, the long term aspiration of the Academy is the establishment of consistent and appropriate registration with the HCPC.

30 Future for regulation?

31 Thank you

32 Benson (1992) Criteria for a group to be considered a profession as recorded in Hansard (Lords) 8 July 1992,

33 The Scientist component

34 Healthcare Science Academy of Education & Healthcare Science Training Board Association of Clinical Scientists Life Science Institute of Physiological Science Physical Science & Clinical Engineering

35 Links