Govt plans to launch central database for allied healthcare professionals

The categories recognised as allied and healthcare professionals under the Act include technicians, therapists and duty assistants, among others

The Union government is planning to launch a central register for allied and healthcare professionals soon. This will help it make a repository of qualified allied healthcare personnel across the country, according to official sources.

This comes as the Supreme Court last month had directed the central and state governments to implement the National Commission of Allied and Healthcare Professionals (NCAHP) Act, 2021, effectively by October 2024.

 

Enacted by Parliament in 2021, the Act aims to provide for regulation and maintenance of standards of education and services by allied and healthcare professionals, assessment institutions, and maintenance of