Who is a healthcare professional?
For the purposes of CQC registration, a healthcare professional is defined as:
- Medical practitioner
- Dental practitioner
- Registered nurse
- Registered midwife
- Dental hygienist
- Dental therapist
- Dental nurse
- Dental technician
- Orthodontic therapist
- Biomedical scientist
- Clinical scientist
- Operating department practitioner, and
- Paramedic radiographer.