Response 1038022281

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1. Do you agree that further regulation of independent health care services in Scotland is needed?

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Should include those that state they have have medical backgrounds ie dental nurses or HCAs

2. Do you agree that independent health care services provided by pharmacists and pharmacy technicians which are not provided from a registered pharmacy or under the terms of an NHS contract should be regulated by Healthcare Improvement Scotland?

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3. Do you agree that independent medical agencies where services are provided by a medical practitioner, dental practitioner, registered nurse, registered midwife, dental care professional, pharmacist or pharmacy technician should be regulated by Healthcare Improvement Scotland?

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That they can claim that they are medics but not regulated as such

4. Do you agree that unregulated independent medical agencies operating entirely online and headquartered in Scotland, should be regulated by Healthcare Improvement Scotland?

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5. Do you agree that Healthcare Improvement Scotland should be able to cancel the registration of any independent health care service that fails to pay its continuation fees after a certain period of time?

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Impact assessment

6. What are your views on how further regulation of independent health care in Scotland might affect the protected characteristics of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, and sex?

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I can’t see why it would

7. The Fairer Scotland Duty places a legal responsibility on certain public bodies in Scotland to actively consider how they can reduce inequalities caused mainly by people's financial situation. What are your views on how further regulation of independent health care in Scotland might affect this inequality?

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The outgoings are infuriating when we are competing with non medics that charge £60 for treatments that have no outgoings other than product. Increase in fees and tightening regulation if health care professionals is all well and good however it is driving the prices up and they are leaving the profession. This in turn is increasing unsafe practice by increasing unregulated unsafe non medics into the field

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