Since 2000, IMPACT/ Fórsa Voluntary group representatives, IICMS representatives and Fórsa  officials have been attending ongoing talks between the HSE and DOHC re the need for a formal programme of learning  to be established to ensure uniformity of qualification across all disciplines and in particular to eliminate unsafe work practices. Traditionally, we were known as Technicians, but the debt of our knowledge and working practices did not reflect this title. In 2005, the HSE agreed the BSc in Clinical Measurement Science as a minimum entry requirement for Clinical Physiologists.

Clinical Measurement Science (CMS) Physiologists are set to take a much greater role in community focused diagnostics. The driver behind this has been the shift in national health policy towards integrated community based care, the Slaintecare approach.