PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Health Professions: Radioisotopes (10 November 2020)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to include nuclear medicine technologists on the Health and Care Professions Council register.
Asked by:
Caroline Nokes (Conservative)
Asked by:
Caroline Nokes (Conservative)
Answer
The Government has no plans to extend statutory regulation to nuclear medicine technologists. The statutory regulation of healthcare professionals should only be used where the risks to public and patient protection cannot be addressed in other ways, such as through employer oversight or accredited voluntary registration.
Answered by:
Helen Whately (Conservative)
18 January 2021
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