I never thought that I would directly post upon these shores again so soon.
To do so may be questionable, detrimental to my civil liberties and adversely affect my chances of a date tonight.
However, I feel I can safely contribute , without harm to me or ebme, here goes ,over the last few days talking with the following cross section of folk.
Please be informed of the following:-
The talkers
16KHS techs and me
3 Scottish NHS techs
2 OEM instructors.
3 NHS EBME managers
1 Company MD
2 Healthcare managers private sector
1 Procurement manager private Sector
2 Procurement managers NHS
2 Visiting NHS techs
1 Retired NHS tech
3 Estates and facilities managers
1 Greybeard
Summary thus:-
We found the site VRCT informative and appreciated the effort, professionalism and expertise of those involved in its development.
The topic of the site was a subject of much honest debate
Becoming a clinical engineering technologist or not, being employed in our NHS or not, the use a protective title or not, gaining a relevant qualification , being regulated in our jobs
All very emotional matters we thought, like most we love our jobs, so these matters matter.
Some individuals felt they did not matter those proposing VRCT
Some thought VRCT did not matter at all.
Generally it was thought that registration process has taken so long that by the time it became mandatory the NHS might have changed so much that it may not be relevant.
A lot that deliver services of a highly specialist or specific nature into the NHS (services that those on the register are often not able or qualified to undertake according to HTM or SHTM) felt the register was strange as they in a lot of cases do not qualify for VRCT.
Some of these quite liked the idea of registration and a slot in the system for service engineers etc they felt should be provided for those that wished to be included.
Some asked will taxpayers eventually be paying droves of acedemics a small fortune to test equipment with automatic testers if in the future good hands on techs are excluded from practice.
Some pondered the legality of proposals and would folk leave to join other areas of engineering if pushed out in some way
The feedback regarding VRCT seemed to depend entirely on who you ask.
Darren
