1. NHS Yorkshire and Humber Life Science MSC Implementation Group Academy for Healthcare Science update Osama Ammar (Head of Education, Training and Professional Standards) 2 February 2012

2. Function Professional body functionsVoluntary register functions Acting as a strong and coherent professional voice for the healthcare science workforce Increasing the profile for healthcare science with the public, colleagues, government and commissioners Provide input and support for wider strategic scientific initiatives. Support and collaborate with existing statutory regulator Collaborate with existing voluntary registers to campaign for consistent statutory regulation across the workforce Hold a register for groups without one and work with existing voluntary registers towards a collective accredited voluntary register

3. Governance Council Professional Group Management Board Joint Professional Group Chair Committee 1 Council 1 Management Board 1 Joint Professional Group Chair Committee 10 Professional Groups Discussion ongoing about lay involvement

4. Governance Vacancies : –Academy Chair – Appointments Commission – appointment made but not yet publicly announced –Scientific Non-executive Directors – advert closed –Professional Group Chairs – adverts out soon –Professional Group Members – adverts out soon www.academyforhealthcarescience.co.uk

5. Voluntary registers The command paper ‘Enabling Excellence: Autonomy and Accountability for Health and Social Care Staff’ indicates no further extensions to statutory regulation The Professional Standards Authority for Health and Social Care (currently CHRE) will accredit voluntary registers instead. Dependent on the passage of the Health and Social Care Bill.

6. MSC training programmesIntended registration Training programmes for Healthcare Science Assistants and Associates (training programmes still in early development) Academy voluntary register for assistants and associates. Practitioner Training ProgrammeLife Science – HPC (HPC directly approving BSc (Hons) programmes) Physiological Science and Physical Science – Academy voluntary register Scientist Training ProgrammeHPC (discussions ongoing with HPC around modalities and Academy seeking approval as an HPC education provider) Higher Specialist Training Programme (training programme still in early development) Academy voluntary register; or Annotations on Academy voluntary register Based on current information and to be confirmed

7. Quality assurance of education and training Assessment, Equivalence, Standards and Quality Assurance working group set up to bring together devolved administrations, the Academy, the School of Healthcare Science and professional advisors. Outcomes will be reached by March 2012 and be fed into the governance structures of the School and the Academy. Programmes will be reviewed against MSC curricula outcomes and high level Academy education and training standards (subject to public consultation) Partner Organisations will be approved to undertake QA activities for the Academy. Requirements for Partner Organisations will be subject to public consultation.

8. Equivalence Assessment, Equivalence, Standards and Quality Assurance working group is also making recommendations for equivalence. Equivalence judgements will be made against MSC curricula outcomes and Good Scientific Practice (subject to public consultation). Individual equivalence and programme equivalence will be considered.