PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Health Professions: Registration (18 May 2016)

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure that non-medical scientists and technicians working in the health sector are registered with the Science Council or other relevant professional bodies.

Asked by:
Sir Nicholas Dakin (Labour)

Voluntary registration schemes, such as those overseen by the Science Council, provide an important mechanism for assuring the standards of professional staff. It is a matter for individual staff and their employing organisation as to how they make use of the assurance provided by voluntary registration schemes.

Answered by:
Ben Gummer (Conservative)
23 May 2016