Policy Consultation
The Hearing Aid Council is committed to working with a wide range of stakeholders and taking account of their views in our decision making. Consultations are one way we do this. You can view current consultations below.
Hearing Aid Council and Health Professions Council consultation on standards of proficiency and the threshold level of qualification for entry to the Hearing Aid Audiologists/Dispensers part of the Register
In 2005, the Government announced that the HAC was to be abolished and its registration and regulation functions transferred to the Health Professions Council (HPC). The Government has subsequently announced that this transfer will take place in March 2009.
In preparation for the transfer, the HAC and the HPC are consulting on proposed profession-specific Standards of Proficiency and on the threshold level of qualification for entry to the Hearing Aid Audiologists part of the HPC Register. The HAC and the HPC are consulting together in recognition of the role of each organisation as statutory regulators and the expertise of each organisation in developing standards.
This document sets out the process of this consultation, the proposed draft standards and how consultation responses will be considered by the HAC and the HPC. To read a press release about the consultation, please click here.
The consultation will run for three months until 15th October 2008. Please do not send your responses to the HAC office. If you would like to participate in this consultation, please send your response to:
Hearing Aid Audiologists/Dispensers consultation
Policy and Standards Department
Health Professions Council
Park House
184 Kennington Park Road
London
SE11 4BU
Email:
Website: www.hpc-uk.org/aboutus/consultations