Search results for the care act 2014

Our guidance says you should use your “professional judgement” to come to decisions about what is and is not within your scope of practice (the limit of your skills, knowledge and experience). But what does this “professional judgement” look like in practice?

Jonny Noble, Head of Professional Practice for the Northern Ireland Ambulance Service (NIAS), shares his insight into supporting CPD effectively in a team.

Information about rejoining the Register after you have been removed following a fitness to practise case.  

In 2018, we raised the level of qualification for paramedics’ registration. Previously paramedics needed to achieve ‘Equivalent to Certificate of Higher Education’ to become registered. Currently they need to achieve ’Bachelor degree with honours’.

These profiles give examples of how you can show that you meet our standards for CPD in a variety of professions, settings and activities

Case study: Emily is a dietitian working in an NHS Trust hospital. She also volunteers at a local charity that raises awareness about diabetes at events and conferences

Our guidelines for letting service users know you are a registered professional

Our expectations of education providers delivering training in podiatric surgery and of chiropodists / podiatrists who complete this training

If you are a member of a union or a professional body, you should contact them

Information about a service user can be ‘identifiable’ or ‘anonymised’, by identifiable information we mean any information you hold about a service user that could identify them, you must treat this information as confidential

This page provides information for registrants and answers some frequently asked questions.