There shouldn't be
any lines.
Everyone should be accountable for their actions (and indeed already are, in both law and under the terms of their employment contract).
Everyone should be also be supervised (in theory at least) by those on the tier above ... and the "buck" stops at the very top. There also should always be a disciplinary process in place at every level. Anything else is simply bad management (which is, I suspect, the
real nub of the issue here).
OK ... everyone knows about doctors being "struck off", and the theory that a doctor is barred from practicising if not listed on the GMC register. But doctors are often in private practise, and they also have defined powers in law (Death Certificates, and the like). They also have onerous responsibilities involving intrusive, inter-personal and confidential patient care.
Meanwhile, the biomed tech is in a completely different position, and I still fail to see the purpose of having names added to a list. Apart from, that is, simple neatness of administration. "Bedside manner" for biomeds need only amount to normal politeness, simple decency, and basic compassion. We should save anything more intrusive for our pumps, x-ray sets, analyzers and monitors.
In other words, if a tech falls short for reasons real or imagined, what difference does being on the Register (or not) make?
Bill, it's not a question of "what has the VRCT ever done for us"? ... but rather "what is the point of the VRCT at all"?
