Assuming the VRCT is advocating that any Registrant can perform all or part of the scope of practice for a CT, then what would happen if the Registrants i have indicated in previous posts were to atempt to do so, would the VRCT be liable for any incident. I stress again these registrants have no business being members, its, not their fault, they were instructed to join. What i am getting at is that VRCT has effectively allowed the membership of unskilled persons based on the date they were in post (pre Aug 2001) and no doubt verification by another Registrant. Patient safety guaranteed ? i think not.
Under HPC that would be down to your employer giving these jobs or tasks to only those with protected titles or ensuring that others are adequately supervised by those who are required to do so and have protected titles. Otherwise they'd be breaking the law I suppose - there is legislation associated with HPC regulation.
Also the NHS employer has been notified that it should be looking to implementing regulation for those of us employed in Medical Technology as far as I'm aware - look it up on the VRCT website.
Also regarding my so called "personal attack", i am only voicing my own and many colleagues feelings about Registration in a forum provided for this, nothing i have said is ever intended to be personal, it is simply disagreement. As for breaching the VRCT SOP, i am not a member!
If this is the case then I don't see that you have any right to influence how it develops then. Perhaps you need to find another occupation if you're not interested in promoting it.
Finally, there are those in this country who want to work and those that do not, and i am sick and tired of the former being charged to do so in any form.
Topper a.k.a.(Tony Harley Senior Critical Care Technologist New Cross Hospital Wolverhampton)
When HPC regulation comes along I doubt you'll be legally entitled to use this title, Topper, unless you are on the part of the VRCT register for SCCT - which is the same thing you're criticising her, in fact. If your employer does allow you to use this and you're not registered then I guess there could be problems.
