GenderGP Licensing and Regulation Policy

GenderGP Licensing and Regulation Policy

Services

  • Doctor consultations - must have a medical qualification and registration
  • Nurse consultations - must have a nursing qualification and registration
  • Surgical referrals - must have a healthcare qualification and registration
  • Clinical Queries - must have a healthcare qualification and registration
  • Injection training - must have a healthcare qualification and registration
  • Psychology services - must have a psychology qualification and registration
  • Counselling services - must have a counselling qualification and registration
  • GenderGP Sessions - IGS, FUS, Ask us Anything - training and registration provided by GenderGP 
  • GenderGP Pathway Services - training and registration provided by GenderGP 
  • GenderGP Pathway Queries - training and registration provided by GenderGP 

Roles

Anybody who does not hold registration with an accredited register provides services as an Advisor - our Health, Wellbeing and Clinical Advisors - at either junior or senior level. They will support our members in their healthcare-related needs in accordance with Curren guidance, research and best practice.

Verification Process

Protocol of Credentials Checks

  • The Credentials checks will happen once every year in January; however if any of the contractors reaches out to us within the year, to inform us that their regulator has suspended their registration, then we would suspend their ability to provide that service for us. Furthermore, if they are under investigation, we would consider their ability to provide the service. 
  • The verification process is handled and owned by the People Department.

Collection of Documentation:

  • In each Qualification Verification cycle, team members are notified via email to confirm their documents are up-to-date. If there are any changes, the team member is obligated to inform the People team of this, providing any accompanying document. They are also informed to alert us immediately if they are ever suspended or under investigation, even by any other organisation that they provide services to.
  • The email correspondence thread during each Qualification Verification  cycle is saved in the sub-folder called Quality Checks in the contractor's People Team Folder.

Services

  • Doctor consultations - must have a medical qualification and registration
  • Nurse consultations - must have a nursing qualification and registration
  • Surgical referrals - must have a healthcare qualification and registration
  • Clinical Queries - must have a healthcare qualification and registration
  • Injection training - must have a healthcare qualification and registration
  • Psychology services - must have a psychology qualification and registration
  • Counselling services - must have a counselling qualification and registration
  • GenderGP Sessions - IGS, FUS, Ask us Anything - training and registration provided by GenderGP 
  • GenderGP Pathway Services - training and registration provided by GenderGP 
  • GenderGP Pathway Queries - training and registration provided by GenderGP 

Roles

Anybody who does not hold registration with an accredited register provides services as an Advisor - our Health, Wellbeing and Clinical Advisors - at either junior or senior level. They will support our members in their healthcare-related needs in accordance with Curren guidance, research and best practice.

Verification Process

Protocol of Credentials Checks

  • The Credentials checks will happen once every year in January; however if any of the contractors reaches out to us within the year, to inform us that their regulator has suspended their registration, then we would suspend their ability to provide that service for us. Furthermore, if they are under investigation, we would consider their ability to provide the service. 
  • The verification process is handled and owned by the People Department.

Collection of Documentation:

  • In each Qualification Verification cycle, team members are notified via email to confirm their documents are up-to-date. If there are any changes, the team member is obligated to inform the People team of this, providing any accompanying document. They are also informed to alert us immediately if they are ever suspended or under investigation, even by any other organisation that they provide services to.
  • The email correspondence thread during each Qualification Verification  cycle is saved in the sub-folder called Quality Checks in the contractor's People Team Folder.

Licensing & Regulatory Bodies:

UK - The required registration comes from regulators approved by the Professional Standards Authority.
Role
Qualifications Required
UK Required Registration and licence to practise.
Doctor
Medical School Qualification
Medical Council of their country eg UK is https://www.gmc-uk.org/registration-and-licensing/the-medical-register#searchTheRegister
Nurse
Formal Nursing Qualification
Nursing and midwifery register https://www.nmc.org.uk/registration/search-the-register/
Counsellor
BACP approved qualification https://www.bacp.co.uk/careers/careers-in-counselling/training/
BACP Registration https://www.bacp.co.uk/search/Register
National Counselling Society https://ncps.com/
Psychotherapist
Must have approved qualifications and training in psychotherapy https://www.hcpc-uk.org/education/approved-programmes/
HCPC Directory
BPS Directory
UKCP Directory
Hypnotherapist
Must have approved qualifications and listed on one of these https://www.professionalstandards.org.uk/what-we-do/accredited-registers/find-a-register/-in-category/categories/professions/hypnotherapy
CNHC registered
National Hypnotherapy Society - Accredited Registers | PSA
Biomedical Scientist
Must have approved qualifications https://www.hcpc-uk.org/education/approved-programmes/
HCPC Registrationhttps://www.hcpc-uk.org/check-the-register/
Clinical / Wellbeing / Pathway Advisor
No formal qualifications required - all work is supervised by a qualified professional and carried out according to protocol
GenderGP approval only
Independent Prescriber
Must have a qualification in medicine, dentistry, nursing or pharmacy and have a licence and legal authority to prescribe medicines.


Non-UK
Role
Qualifications Required
Directory confirming licence to practise.
Doctor
Medical School Qualification
Brazil
Israel
Croatia
Egypt
Guatamala
Nigeria ( a NGN20,000 fee is required to verify a doctor’s name)
Romania
Serbia (Serbian Medical Chamber)
Spain
Turkey

Counsellor

Psychologist

Clinical / Wellbeing / Pathway Advisor
No formal qualifications required - all work is supervised by a qualified professional and carried out according to protocol
Independent Prescriber
Must have a qualification in medicine, dentistry, nursing or pharmacy and have a licence and legal authority to prescribe medicines.


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