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Implementation of European Directive 2005/36/EC for Health and Social Care Professions in the UK

This consultation paper set out the changes to implement the European Directive 2005/36/EC into domestic law

European Directive 2005/36/EC was adopted on 7 September 2005 and all Member States must transpose it into domestic law by October 2007, when it will come into force. The intention behind the Directive is to make it easier for qualified professionals (architects, accountants, teachers, health professionals, etc) to practise their professions in European countries other than their own, with a minimum of red tape but with due safeguards for public health and safety and consumer protection. It provides for the mutual recognition of diplomas, certificates and other evidence of formal qualifications in order to assist the free movement of professionals throughout the EU.

• Download Response to consultation on the European Qualifications (Health and Social Care Professions) Regulations 2007 form (DOC, 64K)
• Download Draft European Qualifications (Health and Social Care Professions) Regulations 2007 (PDF, 515K)
• Download Impact Assessment of European Qualifications (Health and Social Care Professions) Regulations 2007 (PDF, 40K)
• Download Implementation of European Directive 2005/36/EC for Health and Social Care Professions in the UK: the European Qualifications (Health and Social Care Professions) Regulations 2007 consultation (PDF, 169K)