HPC practice notes
Five new practice notes have been issued by the HPC:
Full details of all HPC Practice Notes may be found on http://www.hpc-uk.org/publications/practicenotes/ although we've a summary list here.
Modernising Scientific Careers
A
useful summary is on the Wessex Health site.
The Unite response to the recent consultation, together with a report from the recent project board are on Unite's web site.
The Modernising Scientific Careers programme produces a newsletter (details of how to sign up for it are in the letter itself). The most recent copy (March 2008) is here.
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- What is the HPA?
- People
- Employment issues
- Terms and Conditions
- Regulation
- Pay
- Agenda for Change
- Questions and Answers
- 4th February 2008 There are a number of outstanding issues which have been addressed by these Q&As including: RRPs, calculation of sick pay, COLs, local contracts and protected on call agreements. Please ensure that these Q&As are used to resolve local difficulties and disputes relating to the interpretation of the AfC handbook.
- Job Evaluation and Matching
- Knowledge and Skills Framework
- An introduction - Paul Ganney's IPEM ASM 2005 Presentation
- Introducing KSF in a Medical Physics Department - Hugh Wilkins' ADC 2005 Presentation
- KSF outlines - The HPA are becoming concerned that KSF outlines are being developed in isolation, and therefore without national consistency. In order to investigate this, we are asking members to submit broad outlines of posts, using a spreadsheet available here. Please complete it and e-mail it to Paul Ganney
- Recruitment and Retention survey results
- Recruitment and Retention survey questionaire
- A position statement on redundancy
- HPC matters
- Continuing Professional Development. Niall MacDougall has developed a spreadsheet to assist with the recording of CPD for HCS registrants. A sample of his 2007 return, which you may freely adapt, is here.
- Are you registered? - There has been some concern over registrants with the HPC being removed from the register without warning. This is due to a direct debit not being paid (which may happen for a variety of reasons). The HPA therefore recommend that you check that you're still registered on a regular basis, by using the HPCheck website (http://hpcheck.org). We've not heard of any Clinical Scientists being affected in this way, and hopefully it will stay that way, but just in case...
Technologist members have nothing to worry about (yet) as their register is voluntary and is not held by the HPC.
- The latest HPC newsletter is available on their site. It contains details of the forthcoming CPD audit and the re-registration of professions (including Clinical Scientists). Additionally, it contains the outcome of some Fitness to Practice hearings.
- HPC audit of CPD - the HPC audited Clinical Scientist registrants' CPD portfolios from July 2009 which need to contain two years of CPD examples. The HPC website contains advice and examples of CPD profiles.
- Information
- News Updates
- NHS Pensions - The NHS pension scheme changed in April 2008 - details may be found on this bit of the NHS pensions website.
Unite have recently issued a briefing paper regarding the change-over from the old scheme to the new. It is here.
- Join
- Interested? The new HPA leaflet is here.
- How to join
- The HPA is both a national branch and a professional group. You can be a member of your local branch and a member of the HPA NPG - this form allows you to opt in/out of them.
- HPA fees are tax deductible - this list shows it and this form is the one to use to claim it.
- Unite &. other union issues
- The new union rule book (May 2009) is available here.
- Keep our NHS public - a campaign supported by the HPA
- Reduction in chaplaincy support - for any members where this is happening, the Amicus section of Unite have produced a draft letter to MPs which members may edit, sign and send.
- Professional Indemnity/Liability Insurance - a recent President's letter referred to PII being proposed to be offered by Unite (see here for details). This has led to queries regarding PII for private work. We cannot offer any recommendations on this matter, but some members have found insurance via
PI Connect, 1 Beech House, Journeymans Way, Southend
OfficeVillage, Southend-on-Sea, Essex SS2 5TF
Contact: Steve Dunne (Tel: 01702 445550, Email: stephen.dunne@piconnect.co.uk)
- Miscellaneous documents
- Pay Circular and Lone Working
Three new documents:
- Clear sexual boundaries
A set of advice has been issued by the Council for Healthcare regulatory Excellence, in three forms: information for patients and carers; guidance to fitness to practice panels and responsibilities of healthcare propfessionals. One health practitioner a week is struck off by a regulator for inappropriate sexual behaviour, so it would be worth disseminating this guidance.
Maintained by:
Paul Ganney
Last updated: 5 January 2010
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