Professional organisations

 These organisations maintain a register of members who are qualified to practice.

General Chiropractic Council 

General Dental Council

General Medical Council

General Optical Council 

General Osteopathic Council

Health Professions Council

Nursing & Midwifery Council

Regulatory Bodies

 A-E
Ambulance Service Association - www.ambex.net
Association for Respiratory Technology and Physiology - www.artp.org.uk
Association of Anatomical Pathology Technologists (UK) - www.aaptuk.org
Association of Clinical Biochemists  - www.acb.org.uk/
Association of Clinical Cytogeneticists - www.cytogenetics.org.uk 
Association of Clinical Embryologists - ace.ivf.net/ace/
Association of Clinical Microbiology - www.aclinmicrobiol.org.uk
Association of Clinical Pathologists - www.pathologists.org.uk 
Association of Domestic Management  - www.adom.demon.co.uk
Association of Gastrointestinal Physiology - www.giphysiology.org
Association of Healthcare Communicators - www.assochealth.org.uk
Association of Healthcare Human Resource Management - www.ahhrm.org.uk
Association of ICT Professionals in Health and Social Care - www.assist.org.uk
Association of Medical Secretaries, Practice Managers, Administrators and Receptionists - www.amspar.co.uk
Association of Operating Department Practitioners - www.aodp.org/ 
Association of Optometrists - www.assoc-optometrists.org/../index.html
Association of Orthopaedic Technicians - www.aot-uk.com
Association of Pharmacy Technicians (UK) - www.aptuk.org 
The Association for Respiratory Technologists and Physiologists - www.artp.org.uk
Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry -www.abpi-careers.org.uk
British Academy of Audiology - www.baaudiology.org
British Association of Audiological Scientists - www.isvr.soton.ac.uk/BAAS
British Association of Audiologists - http://homepage.ntlworld.com/jan.baat.org
British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy - www.bacp.co.uk
British Association of Dental Nurses - www.badn.org.uk
British Association of Dental Therapists - www.badt.org.uk
British Association of Drama Therapists - www.badth.org.uk
British Association of Medical Managers - bamm.co.uk
British Association of Occupational Therapists  - www.cot.org.uk
British Association of Professional Music Therapists - www.apmt.org
British Association of Prosthetists and Orthotists - www.bapo.com
British Institute of Radiology - www.bir.org.uk/content/html/index.htm
British Dental Association  - www.bda-dentistry.org.uk
British Dental Hygienist Association - www.bdha.org.uk
British Dietetic Association - www.bda.uk.com
British Medical Association - www.bma.org.uk
British Medical Informatics Society - www.bmis.org
British Medical Ultrasound Society - www.bmus.org 
British Nuclear Medicine Society - www.bnms.org.uk/bnms_main.htm
British Orthopaedic Association - www.boa.ac.uk 
British Orthodontic Society - www.bos.org.uk
British Orthoptic Society - www.britishorthopticsociety.co.uk
British Osteopathic Association - www.osteopathy.org/n_home.html
British Psychological Society - www.bps.org.uk/index.cfm
British Society for Clinical Cytology - www.clinicalcytology.co.uk/
British Society for Haematology - www.b-s-h.org.uk/
British Society for Histocompatability and Immunogenetics - www.bshi.org.uk/
British Society for Immunology - www.immunology.org/
British Society of Gastroenterology - www.bsg.org.uk
British Society of Haemostasis and Thrombosis - www.bsht.bham.ac.uk/
British Society of Medical Secretaries - www.bsms.org
Chartered Society of Physiotherapy  - www.csp.org.uk
Cilip Health Libraries Group  - www.cilip.org.uk/groups/hlg/index.html
Clinical Molecular Genetics Society - www.cmgs.org
College of Healthcare Chaplains - www.healthcarechaplains.org
College of Occupational Therapy   - www.cot.org.uk
Dental Laboratories Association Ltd - dla.org.uk
Dental Technicians Association - www.dta-uk.org
Electrophysiological Technicians Association - epta.50megs.com/

F-K
Health Facilities Management Association - www.hefma.org.uk/
Health Protection Agency - www.hpa.org.uk/
Healthcare Facilities Consortium - www.hfc.org.uk/index2.htm
Healthcare Financial Management Association - www.hfma.org.uk
Hospital Caterers Association  - www.hospitalcaterers.org
Institute of Biomedical Scientists   - www.ibms.org/
Institute of Chiropodists and Podiatrists  - www.odlqc.org.uk/icp.htm
Institute of Decontamination Sciences - www.idsc-uk.org
Institute of Health Record and Information Management - www.ihrim.co.uk/index.php
Institute of Healthcare Management  - www.ihm.org.uk
Institute of Leadership and Management - www.i-l-m.com
Institute of Medical Illustrators - www.imi.org.uk 
Institute of Occupational Safety and Health - www.iosh.co.uk 
Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine - www.ipem.org.uk

L-P
National Association of Cytologists - www.nac.org.uk
The National Pharmaceutical Association - www.npa.co.uk/
National Association of Phlebotomists - www.phlebotomy.org
National Examining Board for Dental Nurses - www.nebdn.org
NHS Estates - www.nhsestates.gov.uk
NHS Graduate Training Schemes - www.futureleaders.nhs.uk
NHS University    - www.nhsu.nhs.uk
Pathological Society of Great Britain and Ireland - www.pathsoc.org.uk

Q-U
Royal College of Anaesthetists   - www.rcoa.ac.uk
Royal College of General Practitioners   - www.rcgp.org.uk
Royal College of Midwives - www.rcm.org.uk
Royal College of Nursing  - www.rcn.org.uk
Royal College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists - www.rcog.org.uk
Royal College of Ophthalmologists   - www.rcophth.ac.uk
Royal College of Paediatrics & Child Health - www.rcpch.ac.uk
Royal College of Pathologists - www.rcpath.org
Royal College of Physicians of London - www.rcplondon.ac.uk
Royal College of Psychiatrists - www.rcpsych.ac.uk
Royal College of Radiologists - www.rcr.ac.uk
Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists - www.rcslt.org.uk
Royal College of Surgeons of England  - www.rcseng.ac.uk
Royal Institute of Public Health and Hygiene - www.riphh.org.uk
Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain - www.rpsgb.org.uk
Society for Cardiological Science and Technology - www.scst.org.uk
Society of Chiropodists & Podiatrists - www.feetforlife.org
Society of Clinical Perfusion Scientists of Great Britain and Ireland - www.scps.org.uk/
Society of Health Education & Health Promotion Specialists - www.hj-web.co.uk/sheps/index.html
Society of Hospital Linen Service and Laundry Managers - www.linenmanager.co.uk
Society of Radiographers - www.sor.org/
Sterile Services - www.sterileservices.com  
UK Council for Health Informatics Professions - www.ukchip.org.uk

V-Z

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