Health Care (Registration) (Prescribed Qualifications) (Amendment No. 5) (Jersey) Order 2012

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A decision made 24 December 2012:

Decision Reference: MD-HSS-2012-0046
Decision Summary Title :	Approval of Health Care (Registration)(Prescribed Qualifications) (amendment No.5) (Jersey) )Order 2012		Date of Decision Summary:	20 December 2012
Decision Summary Author:	Medical Officer of Health		Decision Summary: Public or Exempt?	Public
Type of Report: Oral or Written?	Written		Person Giving Oral Report:	-
Written Report Title :	Approval of Health Care (Registration) (Prescribed Qualifications) (Amendment No 5) (Jersey) Order 2012		Date of Written Report:	20 December 2012
Written Report Author:	Registration and Inspection Manager		Written Report : Public or Exempt? (State clauses from Code of Practice booklet)	Public
Subject: Health Care (Registration) (Prescribed Qualifications) (Amendment No 5) (Jersey) Order 2012.
Decision(s): The Minister for Health and Social Services made the Health Care (Registration) (Prescribed Qualifications) (Amendment No. 5) (Jersey) Order 2012. The amendment to the principal Order sets out the prescribed qualifications required under Article 3(1)(b) of the Health Care (Registration)(Jersey) Law 1995 for the occupations of: Midwife prescribing practitioner Nurse prescribing practitioner Specialist community public health nurse prescribing practitioner In addition the principal Order is amended to update the prescribed qualification for registration as a Social Worker in line with the changes to the UK regulatory framework for Social Worker registration.
Reason(s) for Decision: Change in UK regulatory framework for the registration of social workers and to support the implementation of non-medical prescribing in Jersey.
Resource Implications: None
Action required: The Greffier of the States to be requested to arrange for the Order to be notified to the States.
Signature:		Position: Minister for Health and Social Services
Date Signed:		Date of Decision (If different from Date Signed):

Health Care (Registration) (Prescribed Qualifications) (Amendment No. 5) (Jersey) Order 2012

STATES OF JERSEY HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT

PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT

Report from the Registration and Inspection Manager

TITLE: Health Care (Registration) (Prescribed Qualifications) (Amendment No 5) (Jersey) Order 2012

DATE: 20 December 2012

BACKGROUND

Approval was given at a Ministerial briefing in May 2012 to amend the above Order and the Schedule to the Health Care (Registration) Law to support the introduction of non medical prescribing by adding three new registrable occupations. Those being:

Midwife prescribing practitioner
Nurse prescribing practitioner
Specialist community public health nurse prescribing practitioner.

The States approved the regulation adding these occupations to the schedule on 23 September 2012.

This Order sets out the prescribed qualifications for the above occupations by adding the following Articles to the Order:

5A1. Midwife prescribing practitioner

(a) entry as a midwife in the register established and maintained under article 5 of the Nursing and Midwifery Order 2001 of the United Kingdom

(b) notification on that register as a midwife independent prescriber or midwife supplementary prescriber; and

(c) a reasonable degree of experience and of continuing professional development in prescribing prescription only medicines

5B1. Nurse prescribing practitioner

(a) entry as a registered nurse: first level in the register established and maintained under article 5 of the Nursing and Midwifery Order 2001 of the United Kingdom

(b) notation on that register as a registered nurse: first level independent prescriber or registered nurse: first level supplementary prescriber and

(c) a reasonable degree of experience, and of continuing professional development in prescribing prescription only medicines.

10A1. Specialist community public health nurse prescribing practitioner

(a) entry as a specialist community public health nurse in the register established and maintained under article 5 of the Nursing and Midwifery Order 2001 of the United Kingdom;

(b) notation on that register as a specialist community public health nurse independent prescriber or specialist community public health nurse supplementary prescriber and

(c) a reasonable degree of experience and of continuing professional development in prescribing prescription only medicines.

The Order also amends the prescribed qualification for the occupation of Social Worker to update the legislation in line with changes in the UK regulatory framework for the registration of Social Workers.

As from the 1 August 2012, the General Social Care Council (GSCC) was disestablished and the responsibly for registration of Social Workers transferred to the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) previously known as the Health Professions Council (HPC). This was as a result of provisions in the UK Health and Social Care Act 2012.

Under the Jersey Law social workers were registered by virtue of their registration with the GSCC.

To ensure the proper registration of health and social care workers under Jersey Law the Order has been amended to include the following:

Article 1 amended to state ‘Health Professions Order’ means the Health and Social Work Professions Order 2001 of the United Kingdom

Entry numbered 10AC in the Order substituted with the following: ‘Social Worker - Registration in the part of the register, established and maintained under article 5 of the Health Professions Order, relating to the social work profession in England’

Christine Blackwood

Registration and Inspection Manager