National Occupational Standards in clinical embryology: implementation in 2005?

In 2001 the UK Department of Health initiated the National Occupational Standards Project in Healthcare Science. This project incorporates the 43 disciplines of healthcare science with the aim of developing a framework for competent performance in all areas of healthcare science, thereby standardising the delivery of services in this area. The whole of the project relies on the concept of function, and using the process of functional analysis each discipline is broken down into key work areas.