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Publication - Consultation paper

Consultation on the Draft Regulations relating to the Public Bodies (Joint Working) (Scotland) Act 2014 (Set 1 of 2)

Published
12 May 2014
Part of
Health and social care
ISBN
9781784124687

To seek views on the draft regulations relating to: Prescribed information to be included in the Integration Scheme, Prescribed functions that must be delegated by Local Authorities, Prescribed functions that must be delegated by a Health Board, Prescribed National Health and Wellbeing Outcomes, Interpretation of what is meant by the terms health and social care professionals and Prescribed functions conferred on a Local Authority officer.

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ANNEX 5(A)

PROPOSALS FOR INTERPRETATION OF WHAT IS MEANT BY THE TERMS HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE PROFESSIONALS RELATING TO THE PUBLIC BODIES (JOINT WORKING) (SCOTLAND) ACT 2014

CONSULTATION PAPER

The Public Bodies (Joint Working) (Scotland) Act 2014 contains the phrases 'health professionals' and 'social care professionals'. These Regulations describes what is meant by these terms, and to whom they refer, within the context of the Act and where they are used in the Regulations created under the Act.

People, or groups of people, who are not mentioned within these Regulations will not be considered as 'health professionals' or 'social care professionals' in relation to the Act or the Regulation created under the Act.

The professions that are covered by the prescribed bodies mentioned in this draft Regulation are detailed below:

Health Professionals

General Chiropractic Council
Chiropractors

General Dental Council (GDC)
Dentists, dental nurses, dental technicians clinical dental technicians, dental hygienists, dental therapists orthodontic therapists

General Medical Council
Doctors

General Optical Council
Optometrists, dispensing opticians, student opticians and optical businesses

General Osteopathic Council
Osteopaths

Health and Care Professions
Council (HCPC)
Arts therapists, biomedical scientists, chiropodists / podiatrists, clinical scientists, dieticians, hearing aid dispensers, occupational therapists, operating department practitioners, orthoptists, paramedics, physiotherapists, practitioner psychologists, prosthetists /orthotists, radiographers, and speech and language therapists (and social workers in England)

General Pharmaceutical
Council (GPhC)
Pharmacists and pharmacy technicians

Nursing and Midwifery
Council
Nurses and midwives

Social Care Professionals

Scottish Social Service Council

  • Social workers,
  • Social work students,
  • SCSWIS Authorised Officers
  • Managers, workers with supervisory responsibilities and residential child care workers in residential childcare services
  • Managers in adult day care services
  • Managers, workers with supervisory responsibilities, practitioners and support workers responsible for care homes services for adults
  • Managers, practitioners and support workers responsible for day care of children services
  • Managers, supervisors and house staff within school hostels, residential special schools and independent boarding schools
  • Managers supervisors and workers responsible for housing support services
  • Managers supervisors and workers responsible for care at home services

Other Social Care Professionals who are not regulated by the Scottish Social Services Council but provide care or support to users of social care services.

Contact

Email: Alison Beckett

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