by kvcadmin | Dec 21, 2022 | GDC News, GMC News, GPhC News, HPCP News, NMC News, Social Work England News
Fitness to Practise in Review – 2022 As 2022 draws to a close, we take a look at fitness to practise in 2022 in our annual fitness to practise review. Racial Bias & Discrimination Sadly, 2022 saw a continuation of regulators struggling with racial bias &...
by kvcadmin | Dec 7, 2022 | GDC News, GMC News, GPhC News, NMC News, Social Work England News
Fitness to practise & do’s and do not’s of using social media The do’s and do not’s of using social media in the context of health and care professions, and how social media can result in fitness to practise issues arising. The ongoing case of Orthodontist John...
by kvcadmin | Oct 30, 2022 | GDC News
Admissions by dental professionals at the preliminary stage of a fitness to practise hearing The Dental Professionals Hearings Service is changing the way that admissions made by dental professionals are handled at the preliminary stage of a fitness to practise...
by kvcadmin | Sep 24, 2022 | GDC News, GMC News, GPhC News, HPCP News, NMC News, Social Work England News
Misconduct in Fitness to Practise Regulators often cite “misconduct” as grounds for impaired fitness to practise. What is misconduct and is it remediable? Misconduct in Fitness to Practise In order to understand misconduct, you must firstly understand what fitness to...
by kvcadmin | Sep 18, 2022 | GDC News, GMC News, GPhC News, HPCP News, NMC News, Social Work England News
When should you seek legal advice during a fitness to practise investigation? Fitness to practise investigations are a trial in all but name – complex, formal and adversarial. Early access to expert legal advice is crucial to positive outcomes. Fitness to...
by kvcadmin | Aug 21, 2022 | GDC News, GMC News, GPhC News, HPCP News, NMC News, Social Work England News
Fitness to Practise in the Present Tense Current impairment looks at fitness to practise at the point of consideration, in the present tense, not at the time in the past when, for example, something went wrong. Current impairment looks at fitness to practise at the...
