CORU’s Winter 2015 Newsletter
CORU's Winter 2015 Newsletter is now available to view. Please click her to open the Newsletter in pdf.
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CORU's Winter 2015 Newsletter is now available to view. Please click her to open the Newsletter in pdf.
read moreNotice of election of members for appointment to the Radiographers Registration Board and request for nominations of…
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The Optical Registration Board at CORU has welcomed the transfer of the professional regulation of optometrists and dispensing opticians from the Opticians Board to Ireland’s multi-profession health regulator, CORU.
The transfer, which follows a decision by the Government to rationalise…
CORU welcomes Optometrists and Dispensing Opticians
The Optical Registration Board at CORU has welcomed the transfer of the professional regulation of optometrists and dispensing opticians from the Opticians Board to Ireland’s multi-profession health regulator, CORU.
The transfer,…
Radiographers and radiation therapists currently practising have until 31 October to apply for registration with CORU, the regulatory body for health and social care professionals.
Special transition provisions available to practitioners currently practising will expire on 31 October. …
The Health and Social Care Interprofessional Learning Conference took place on the 6 of October. The inaugural conference was jointly hosted by the main Irish health and social care regulators including CORU, the Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland (PSI), the Medical Council, the Nursing…
read moreRenew Online
The online registration renewals system has been updated to include PIN (Personal Identification Number) access.
The change to the system is based on feedback received from users. The original password based – CORU Account Login - will continue to be available for those…
CORU would like to invite applications from suitably qualified individuals interested in becoming a member of the Panel of Assessors for several of our Registration Boards.
We are seeking practitioners and academics (educators) with a minimum of five years professional experience as…
read moreNotice: Health and Social Care Interprofessional Learning Conference 2015
The main Irish health and social care regulators – CORU, the Medical Council, the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland and the Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland, supported by the Dental Council – will jointly…
read moreAppointment of members to the Optical Registration Board
The members of the IORB were appointed to the Optical Registration Board on 11 February 2015. The first statutory meeting occurred on 4 March 2015.
On the 9th of April 2014, The Minister for Health, Dr James Reilly TD announced…
read moreThe Occupational Therapists Registration Board at CORU opened its register on 31 March 2015. The Board is now designated as the competent authority for Occupational Therapists under Directive 2005/36/EC is assessing all new applications for the recognition of qualifications from outside…
read more31 March 2015: Occupational Therapists Register opens
A further step in regulation of Health and Social Care Professionals
Statutory registration for Occupational Therapists has commenced. Members of the profession are invited to apply for registration at www.coru.ie.
The opening…
read moreAppointment of members to the Social Care Workers Registration Board
The Minister for Health, Leo Varadkar TD, confirmed on the 27 March 2015 the establishment of and appointment of members to the Social Care Workers Registration Board, under the Health and Social Care Professionals Act…
read moreRegulation 15 of the European Union (Application of Patients’ Rights in Cross-Border Healthcare) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (S.I . No. 65 of 2015) implementing Article 4(2)(d) of the European Union Directive 2011/24/EU on the application of patients’ rights in cross-border healthcare…
read moreThe Education Team at CORU are currently undertaking a review of the Framework for Criteria and Standards of Proficiency for Education and Training Programmes.
The large scale consultation will be conducted in August & September and previously identified stakeholders will be invited to…
read moreBelow are some information Guides that may provide you with extra information on CORU.
Minister Lynch, Ladies and Gentlemen,
As CEO and Registrar of CORU it gives me great pleasure to welcome you all here this morning. As Tom (Jordan, Chairperson) has said this is a very significant day for users of Ireland’s health and social care services.
It is also a very important…
read moreMinister Lynch launches Fitness to Practise for Ireland’s Health and Social Care Professionals.
CORU, Ireland’s Health and Social Care Professional Regulator will protect the public by ensuring professional standards are being met
Wednesday, 21 January 2015: The Minister with…
read moreCORU - Regulating Health & Social Care Professionals
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