unlike the Health Care Professional Council, who want all health care professionals to qualify to degree standard.
I have a little experience of education, so feel able to give a view... Re: healthcare professionals- if we mean everyone in healthcare, this is NEVER going to happen. Any such attempt will just serve to devalue degrees to the level of the bogus American outfits which invite you to big up your life experiences and award on that basis.
As for the parity the OP alludes to, I think it rears its head when someone
would like it to be the case. If you want a degree, go out and get one.
As an exmple, an RAF multi engine pilot doing an OU degree might get 30 points knocked off the 360 needed for an honours degree. The 30 points would be at a low level, and would not affect the degree classification. So an operational C-17 pilot would get no more than 1/12 of his study waived. How much should an newly minted ATPL get?
CG