Clinical Technologist
The Voluntary Register of Clinical Technologists (VRCT) was founded in August 2000 with the sole task of taking forward the case for regulation of the Clinical Technologist profession.
In 2001 the Department of Health published
Making the Change
raising the profile of the professions working in Healthcare Science and describes some of their activities. The document indicates how this important group of staff will be supported and developed in the future, so that patients benefit, and innovation is introduced into all aspects of health care.
Regulation is one aspect of the proposed changes.
Why join the Voluntary Register of Clinical Technologists now?
The experience of other professions recently registered, and now under the regulatory regime of the HPC, indicates that some form of grandparenting arrangements will be introduced to facilitate the initial establishment of the legal register. Professions that had voluntary registers of good standing have been able to have their registrants transferred to the new register as one group. It is hoped that similar principles will apply to those who join the VRCT before a date yet to be specified when a new HPC register is formed that will include Clinical Technologists.
For further information and details of how to register, visit the VRCT website
Please note that registration on the VRCT is not the same as IPEM membership, it is currently administered by the IPEM Office.