Chartered Scientist

LabMed was granted Licensed Body status in March 2006. Members of licensed bodies and their affiliates who meet distinct criteria laid down by the Science Council may apply for this status. The award of Chartered Scientist allows the successful applicants to append the term CSci after their name. It does not substitute for statutory registration which members in the healthcare professions require to be able to work autonomously, but may provide a commonly understood and accepted signal to the public.

LabMed remains a Science Council Licensed Body for the award of Chartered Scientist until at least 31 December 2025, however after this time it is unlikely LabMed shall choose to continue as a Licensed Body going forward. We will still remain a member body of the Science Council and benefit from this valuable community in that regard.

We became a Science Council licensed body in 2006 which was in a setting before the inception of Modernising Scientific Careers, and with the Health & Care Professions Council-UK for Biomedical and Clinical Scientists still in its early years, as well as other drives for greater recognition of healthcare scientists and medical practitioners in laboratory medicine with the public, colleague health professionals and the wider scientific community still needing to be developed. It is felt things have changed since then and whilst we continue to strive for that greater recognition in other ways, Chartered Scientist registration for our members no longer seems to be considered a valuable opportunity within our membership offer which is unfortunately reflected in the numbers of our Chartered Scientists as they are today.

Existing members who are Chartered Scientists can maintain their CSci registration via LabMed for at least one year (2025) and potentially a further year (2026), during which time there be a transition period.