How to use the glossary
September 2007
The glossary has sections on the main regulatory bodies and the three groups of healthcare professionals: doctors, nurses and midwives, and allied healthcare professionals. Each professional group includes a summary and an alphabetical glossary entry for the healthcare professionals in that section.
There are three ways of searching the glossary:
- by going to the relevant section and searching for the healthcare professional alphabetically
- by selecting the healthcare professional from the alphabetical list of titles
- by selecting the healthcare professional from the list of titles by professional group.
The following information is provided for each glossary entry:
- Title The title by which the healthcare professional is known (and any alternative titles).
- Location The location or location(s) where you would normally expect to find the healthcare professional.
- Description A brief description of the duties of the healthcare professional.
- Training A brief description of the training required of the healthcare professional and the qualifications they might have attained.
- Regulator The name and link to the body which regulates the healthcare professional.
- Useful links Links to further relevant information.