10 December 2015 - 20 January 2016
Consultation response form
Transposition of revised Mutual Recognition of Professional Qualifications (MRPQ) Directive 2005/36/EC Amendments to health and care regulators’ legislation
A CONSULTATION ON THE HEALTH SPECIFIC AMENDMENTS TO THE DIRECTIVE

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Consultation Questions 
1) Are there any further legislative amendments, other than those set out in the draft European Qualifications (Health and Social Care Professions) Regulations 2015, which you think are required as a result of the changes to the Directive?

	
2) Do you think that a pharmacist trainee should take their practical training during their course or at the end of their course?  

	
3) Do you have any comments on any of the changes in the section above or, where applicable, how these have been inserted into the draft European Qualifications (Health and Social Care Professions) Regulations 2015?

	
4) Do you have any comments on the Department’s draft European Qualifications (Health and Social Care Professions) Regulations 2015 in relation to the EPC? Are there any further consequential amendments that you think need to be made?

	
5) Do you think there are any potential issues with the introduction of the EPC in relation to the health care professions that have been selected by the Commission?

	
6) Do you agree with the Department’s interpretation of what should constitute an alert in relation to healthcare professionals?

	

7) Do you think that it would be helpful for the Department to provide healthcare specific guidance for the regulatory bodies to complement the BIS guidance?

	

8) Is there anything that you would like us to include in healthcare specific guidance? 

	
9) Are there any protected characteristics that you feel may be effected, either positively or negatively, by these changes?

	
10) Are there any potential monetary impacts (either positive or negative) that you think we need to be aware of?