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I work as a "health coach" for a large commercial health organisation, looking to move back into the public sector. I have previously been given job titles that have included: health adviser, personal trainer, exercise physiologist, fitness instructor and fitness consultant. A nurse is a nurse, a physiotherapist is a physiotherapist. So it would be great to finally get some clarity on what I am and make the most of my Sport, Health and Exercise Science degree from Bangor University. At the moment there is not a strong enough case for me to persue BASES accreditation as I'm not sure it would help my career in a significant way. Getting HPC approved would definately help my career. Tim

I agree; graduates who have sport and exercise science degrees should be able to gain registration to the Health Profession council. I am currently undergoing a MSc in Physiotherapy (pre-registration), which will give me the ability to register with the HPC. I undertook this masters degree, as I worked for the NHS after completing my Sport and Exercise Science undergraduate degree; but was unable to gain access to the higher paid roles in the NHS, as the exercise physiologists are usually expected to have a huge variety of other qualifications to prove competencies e.g. BARC Phase VI, MSc Clinical Physiology, REPs Level 3/4 courses etc. Even though the content of these courses may have been covered on undergraduate degree courses. In comparison, almost all undergraduates of the HPC registered courses, are able to gain junior positions in the NHS e.g. junior physios, OT's etc. with just there undergraduate degree; starting on a wage that represents the work put into a degree. If sport and exercise science degree graduates were able to gain HPC registration, it would not only give there role a specific title; but it would also allow graduates of these degrees to find work within that specific role in the NHS straight from university.