Going back to Chis's comment about cost. If the VRCT becomes official then the estimated costs mooted for registration would be approx. £200 to register and upwards of £95 p.a.
cost aside chapter 8 shows the "bullying" nature of the VRCT a not very veiled threat to those who don't toe the line.
We still don't know how it affects service engineers both field and workshop based who do not work for the NHS. Surely the public need assurances that when we send a piece of kit to Philips, GE, Keymed etc. that they have been worked on by "Registered CLinical Technologists"? Next time you talk to an engineer from one of the manufacturers, ask for their registration number! If he/she cannot provide it, turn tham away!
How do we deal with the more basic equipment, worked on by staff on lower grades who can not register? Many of the more basic devices still have the ability to "harm a patient".
