Published on January 13, 2025 at 8:29 p.m. / Modified on January 13, 2025 at 8:30 p.m.
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It is a little known fact that the Swiss Red Cross is responsible by the Confederation for the recognition of numerous professional titles in the field of health (excluding doctors and other medical professions). For no less than one hundred and twenty-five years. The diplomas of 21 professions are reviewed by the institution, notably in the field of nursing, physiotherapy, midwives and male midwives, dietetics, occupational therapy, optometry and osteopathy.
However, new requirements await them from February 1, the date of the end of the deadline for compliance with the new federal law on health professions (2020). Although most of the professionals concerned accept it, several osteopaths have taken legal action to oppose the statement of requirements, which they consider exaggerated. In a position paper published this Monday, the Swiss Red Cross, on the contrary, welcomes the outcome of a procedure which places patients at the center. While drawing attention to the crucial importance of foreign workers in the national health system.
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