Also as most NHS trusts ask for registration to IPEM as a prerequisite for potential employment surely IPEM have a responsibility/Monopoly! to any prospective employee to add them to their register??? I would love to challenge this in a courtroom!
Most NHS trusts say that membership of a professional society is desirable not mandatory. If anything I've only seen a couple of trusts that actually said that registration or potential registration of the VRCT is mandatory which IPEM is a partner on. I certainly must admit that IPEM no longer seem to be interested in new registrants and these days if anybody is looking to join a professional society it's often the IET which has far more influence outside the NHS.
Ps. Geoff if you want to do any sort of investigation apparently you just sent in the boys in blue without permission (apparently that's what they do in parliament
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