HPC Registered, but who runs your club?

Bob

The short answer is I'm not absolutely certain but I don't think there is any barrier to common recognition of qualifications, although obviously they are, and still would be, different. If you consider recognition of qualifications in the EU - podologists from France and Spain can apply to the HPC for registration - as can medical practitioners. With the latter there is a licensing sytem within the GMC which enables foreign doctors to practise in the UK - the qualifications may be different but as far as employment is concerned, there is a shared platform.

As far as the spirit of your post goes there should be no barrier to unity providing all professional bodies desired a single incorporated professional organisation. If such a move was on the table then we should move hell and high water to achieve it, but the problem is that there is currently no dialogue taking place at representative level and until there is, all is hypothetical.

Colin

Somebody's been filtering ether into your Newcastle Brown, m'lad! Whatever you do, keep away from the mushrooms over the next few weeks - I don't think I could handle it!

Best wishes

Mark

 

Mark,
Quote:- "I don't think I could handle it!"
Come to think of it I don't think I could either? Thank you for your forbearance, (See and I can still spell it!) A truce maybe is in the offering, perhaps!

Regards,

Colin.

PS. Something set by someone to trap someone looking at something, perhaps?

MARK( )US( )ELL --- MISHAM?
MARK(R)US(S)ELL --- MIHAM?

A coincidence perhaps or some one trying to frame you! "Now your not obligued...............?"

Just my nasty suspicious mind! Truce? Colin.

PS. to the PS. MISHAM/MIHAM = Anybody not good at crosswords?

 

Colin
Sorry mate you loose me most of the time.

This is very much an aside.

I believe you are an Institute member? How come their web site still refers to courses in Chiropody? And like Smae have you renamed your non HPC C/P's qualifications?



This is a serious request for information and not a 'dig' at any one or any organization.

Bob

 

'Chiropody and Associate Membership!?

Hi Bob,

Yes Bob not really directed at you that is why I added and started,

"Hi Bob, and those it may concern???" More than one conversation going on I'm afraid!

Regarding other places I feel I must let them answer for themselves!

However, I am an ordinary member of the Institute and therefore cannot speak for my hierarchy officially here. Apart from other things still changing and I have not seen anything relating to associate membership in print? I can say that associate membership has been discussed, (Branch level?), but I have no idea of the outcome to date? With Summer and holidays afoot I'm patiently waiting for news probably through the Journal!

Chiropody Courses and the School mentioned in the journal are not training new Chiropodists or FHP's either! The courses are for Registered Chiropodists completing training, CPD's in the pipeline, too! A new Health Degree has been announced with effect with Luton University and I am sure that will be the reason for our Chiropody School remaining as it is under it's old name,for the present! They will be training Chiropodist not FHP's.! The Health Degree it is envisaged will convert to a Podiatry BSc. with the third year? This is therefore happening now and that will be the reason for no apparent change in name at this time, (To every rule there will always be an exception, and I'm glad to state that the Instituted has that privilege to be an exceptional one!)! Some of the HPC. Hierarchy were being wined and dined I believe at the time of this announcement re. the Degree so it will not come as a surprise to them I'm sure.

If I am not totally accurate here I'm sure a member of my Hierarchy will fill in the gaps and put me right in due course after the Summer.

Regards,

Colin. (Pleased to here you on here again Bob. Even if I spek in Euro-english, most of the time, we used to call it The Pigeon!?).