WelcomeThe Voluntary Register of Clinical Technologists (VRCT) was founded in August 2000 with the primary task of taking forward the case for regulating the Clinical Technologist profession. In October 2004 the Health Professions Council (HPC) agreed that the Clinical Technologist profession should be regulated. VRCT registration and issuing certificatesThe main backlog of certificates have now been processed and have been sent to the registrants. There are still forms to be processed that have been recently sent in. These will be done as quickly as possible. Please note that you may still be asked to confirm information that is missing or requires clarification. The collection of this information is to ensure that all the relevant details required by a formal register are available via the voluntary register. You are asked to co-operate in this matter, however if you have any queries please contact enquiries@vrct.org.uk Important developments Modernising Scientific Careers, the next steps: a consultation "The Modernising Scientific Careers, the next steps:" has come to an end. The VRCT now waits to hear the outcome of the consultation. The VRCT submitted a formal response to the consultation and this can be seen at VRCT Response Modernising Scientific Careers Final 3-3-09 Consultation background Information Over the last year the Department of Health's Chief Scientific Officer, Professor Sue Hill, has been working on proposals to transform and develop the healthcare science workforce (including Clinical Technologists). As a result, the four UK Health Departments have now published a consultative document setting out their proposals. Professor Hill said of these proposals: "These proposals represent a bold and ambitious vision for the future of the healthcare workforce in the UK. The vision for healthcare science is of a world class workforce integral to multi-professional teams operating in a range of settings to deliver high quality innovative patient care. The healthcare scientist workforce will also deliver excellence in knowledge creation, innovation and service improvement. It will embrace and lead research and development, continually evaluating clinical practice and care delivery models." This is an important time for Healthcare Science as the outcome of this process will determine the structure of the profession for many years to come. Thus it is important that Clinical Technologists become involved in this consultation. As a result of this consultation it would appear that once again the path to regulation has been blocked. A year ago we were promised that regulation would be on the horizon in 2009 but so far there is little evidence to demonstrate that this will be the case. We trust that once the consultation process is completed that further action towards regulation of Clinical Technologists will take place as it is a fundamental part of the MSC process. We will certainly be raising this issue with the Department of Health as part of the consultation and plan to take issue if there is nothing immediately forthcoming. Meanwhile, we remind you of the advice provided by the Department of Health in December 2007: "it is important that employers continue to encourage staff delivering services in these areas (Clinical Technology) to apply to and remain on the appropriate voluntary registers in the interests of public protection."; The Modernising Scientific Careers documents and consultation can be found at: http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Consultations/Liveconsultations/DH_091137 The consultation ended on 6th March 2009.
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