Dear Colleagues
In view of the shortcomings of the HPC’s ability to introduce robust
mechanisms to ensure new applicants to the register meet recognised
standards of competence and fitness to practice, I have today petitioned
the Scottish Parliament to ask that they examine why Scotland’s peoples
should be exposed to unnecessary risk and danger from practitioners, whose
only scrutiny or examination, has been self declaration.
The Scottish Parliament has devolved responsibility for healthcare, yet it
has no rights to ensure those, who are employed in its NHS, meet the high
standards of proficiency we came to expect before the inception of the
Health Professions Order 2001. Regulation of health professionals has been
reserved by the Westminster legislature
If the petition is supported and the Scottish Parliament secures the right
to regulate the practitioners who work in Scotland, it is my intent to
further secure an independent regulator and registrar for podiatry.
If you wish to add your signature to this petition or make comment or start
a discussion, you can do so by visiting the Parliament website at the
following address.
http://epetitions.scottish.parliament.uk/list_petitions.asp
Yours sincerely
Mark Russell
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