by kvcadmin | Mar 22, 2020 | GDC News, GMC News, GPhC News, HPCP News, NMC News, Social Work England News
FollowFollowFollowFollow During this extraordinary time, fitness to practise panels and tribunals have been cancelled or postponed. What does this mean for healthcare professionals? Healthcare regulators As the country responds to the Covid-19 outbreak, there is...
by kvcadmin | Mar 19, 2020 | GDC News, GMC News, GPhC News, HPCP News, NMC News, Social Work England News
FollowFollowFollowFollow As the Government works to contain the spread of the coronavirus outbreak, it is implementing a number of emergency measures including the Coronavirus Bill. Increasing the available health and social care workforce There is recognition at the...
by kvcadmin | Mar 8, 2020 | GDC News, GMC News, GPhC News, HPCP News, NMC News, Social Work England News
FollowFollowFollowFollow Healthcare regulator’s joint statement on the implications of healthcare workers’ decision making and concerns raised when treating patients with coronavirus. In the agreed joint statement, the healthcare regulators recognised that “…in highly...
by kvcadmin | Feb 2, 2020 | GDC News, GMC News, GPhC News, HPCP News, NMC News
FollowFollowFollowFollow We have previously written about the importance of engagement with a fitness to practise investigation and process. In our previous article, we reported on research published by the General Medical Council (GMC) that found that the outcome of...
by kvcadmin | Jan 26, 2020 | GDC News
FollowFollowFollowFollow The General Dental Council (GDC) is failing in its fitness to practise function according to the Professional Standards Authority (PSA). The Professional Standards Authority’s annual performance review of the GDC has shown that it is failing...
by kvcadmin | Jan 19, 2020 | GDC News, GMC News, GPhC News, HPCP News, NMC News, Social Work England News
FollowFollowFollowFollow Evidence of a registrant’s behaviour and attitude during and after an incident and during fitness to practise proceedings is vitally important. We have represented healthcare professionals facing fitness to practise proceedings for many...
