Skip to main content

Student 2016/17 - Regulatory body for health and social care students

Back to C16051

Student 2016/17

Fields required from institutions in All fields

Regulatory body for health and social care students


return to field list

valid entries
Typefield
Short nameREGBODY
Description

This field identifies the regulatory body for medical, dental, health and social care, and veterinary students.

Applicable toEngland Northern Ireland Scotland Wales
Coverage

All courses where Course.COURSEAIM = M16, M26, M76, M86, H16, H62, H76, I16, I76, J26, J76 and Course.REDUCEDC = 00 or 01

Valid entries and labels
CodeLabel
01General Medical Council (GMC)
02General Dental Council (GDC)
03General Optical Council (GOC)
05The Pharmaceutical Society of Northern Ireland (PSNI)
06The Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC)
07Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)
09Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC)
10Care Council for Wales (CCW)
11Northern Ireland Social Care Council (NISCC)
12General Osteopathic Council (GOsC)
13General Chiropractic Council (GCC)
14Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS)
15General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
30GDC: Dentists
31GDC: Clinical dental technician
33GDC: Dental nurse
34GDC: Dental technician
35GDC: Orthodontic therapist
36GDC: Dental therapist
37GDC: Dental hygienist
40HCPC: Arts therapist
41HCPC: Biomedical scientists
42HCPC: Chiropodists / podiatrists
43HCPC: Clinical scientists
44HCPC: Dieticians
45HCPC: Hearing aid dispensers
46HCPC: Occupational therapists
47HCPC: Operating department practitioners
48HCPC: Orthoptists
49HCPC: Paramedics
50HCPC: Physiotherapists
51HCPC: Practitioner psychologists
52HCPC: Prosthetists / orthotists
54HCPC: Social workers in England
55HCPC: Speech and language therapists
56HCPC: Therapeutic radiographers
57HCPC: Diagnostic radiographers
58HCPC: Radiographers (post-registration specialisms and CPD)
60The Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC) (post-registration specialisms and CPD)
61The Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC): Adult nursing
62The Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC): Childrens nursing
63The Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC): Learning Disability nursing
64The Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC): Mental Health nursing
65The Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC): Midwifery
Notes

This field should be returned if courses are accredited, recognised or endorsed by professional, statutory and regulatory bodies. This includes courses that lead to initial registration, support enhanced registration, or have been recognised by the regulatory body.

This field can be completed for students with Course.COURSEAIM M22, where applicable.

Providers in England

For providers in England, generic code 06 can be returned, but only in instances where a student has not yet specialised in their course e.g. prior to their final year. Where they have specialised, codes 60-65 should be returned.

Providers in England, Wales and Northern Ireland

Codes 30-55 and codes 60-65 should be used by providers in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland. These codes cover the granular functions of the General Dental Council, the Health and Care Professions Council, and the Nursing & Midwifery Council.

Codes 02 'General Dental Council (GDC)', and 07 'Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)' should not be used by providers in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland. In addition, providers in Wales and Northern Ireland should not use 06 'The Nursing & Midwifery Council.

Providers in Scotland

Generic codes 02 'General Dental Council (GDC)' and 07 'Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)' should be used by providers in Scotland. Codes 30-55, covering the granular functions of the General Dental Council and the Health and Care Professions Council, should not be used.

Codes 60-65 should be used by providers in Scotland to cover the granular functions of the Nursing & Midwifery Council. Generic code 06 'The Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC)' should not be used.

For further details on HCPC professions see www.hpc-uk.org/aboutregistration/professions/

Quality rules
Quality rules to follow
Reason required

To establish relevant regulatory body for medical, dental, health and social care, and veterinary students for use in funding and onward analysis.

Part of
Field length2
Minimum occurrences0
Maximum occurrences2
Schema components
Element: REGBODY
OwnerHESA
Version1.4
Date modified2017-10-05
Change management notesGuidance has been amended to clarify that codes 02 and 07 should not be returned by providers in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland. Guidance has been added to state that code 06 does not apply to providers in Wales and Northern Ireland.

Contact Liaison by email or on +44 (0)1242 388 531.