This policy provides professional best practice guidance on the supervision of laboratory support staff. These staff may be registered on a voluntary Science Council register but are not regulated by statute with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC). All references to registered staff are in respect of those regulated by statute on the HCPC register and must not be confused with staff on any voluntary register. In the context of this document support staff, irrespective of local job title, are considered to be those on pay bands 2‐4 or the non‐NHS Agenda for Change equivalent
