Consultation on the threshold level of qualification for entry to the Register for applied psychologists

09/11/2007 - 08/02/2008

This consultation has now closed. You can download a copy of the consultation document and the consultation responses document below.The Council's decision on the qualification threshold for entry to the Register is available by clicking here.

The standards of education and training are the standards that an education and training programme must meet before we can approve it as leading to registration. We are seeking the views of our stakeholders on an addition to these standards, in preparation for the likely regulation of applied psychologists.

In February 2007, the government published a white paper on the future of regulation, 'Trust, Assurance and Safety - The Regulation of Health Professionals in the 21st Century'. The white paper indicated that applied psychologists would be regulated by HPC.

Standard one of our standards of education and training ('SET 1') sets out the threshold level of entry to the Register in the professions we regualte. This is articulated a threshold academic level. Every time we open a new part of the Register, we need to determine the threshold level of qualification for entry to the new profession, following consultation, and add this to the standards.

We are keen to hear the views of all those with an interest in this area before we make a final decision, so we make no recommendations about the threshold level in the consultation document.

The consultation will run until Friday 8 February 2008.

If you would like to respond to this consultaiton, please send your responses to:

Applied psychologists SET 1 consultation

Policy and Standards Department

Health Professions Council

Park House

184 Kennington Park Road

London

SE11 4BU

Email: policy@hpc-uk.org

At the end of the consultation period, we will publish a summary of the responses we receive together with an explanation of our decision or decisions as result.

Type: HPC

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