by kvcadmin | Nov 15, 2020 | GDC News, GMC News, GPhC News, HPCP News, NMC News, Social Work England News
FollowFollowFollowFollow A NMC statement on a nurse Lucy Letby charged with the murder confirmed that the issue will be given consideration by a virtual interim order hearing later this month. What is an interim order? The murder charge of nurse Lucy Letby, charged...
by kvcadmin | Nov 8, 2020 | GMC News
FollowFollowFollowFollow From today (9 November 2020), updated decision making and consent guidance by the General Medical Council (GMC) comes into force for all doctors. Patient consent The updated guidance states: “Consent is a fundamental legal and ethical...
by kvcadmin | Oct 30, 2020 | GDC News, GMC News, GPhC News, HPCP News, NMC News, Social Work England News
FollowFollowFollowFollow Overwhelming evidence supports the fact that BAME healthcare professionals are disproportionately impacted by fitness to practise referrals and proceedings. Last week I reported on a Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) report highlighting that...
by kvcadmin | Oct 17, 2020 | GMC News, HPCP News, NMC News
FollowFollowFollowFollow GMC v Dr Raied Haris [2020] EWHC 2518 (Admin) The High Court said the GMC should rethink the way it accuses doctors of sexual motivation during intimate examinations. Brief overview of the case The allegations against Dr Haris arose from his...
by kvcadmin | Oct 4, 2020 | GMC News
FollowFollowFollowFollow In May this year, the General Medical Council GMC) announced plans to bring Physician Associates & Anaesthesia Associates in to its regulatory scope. In September, the GMC announced its transitionary arrangements for Physician Associates...
by kvcadmin | Sep 27, 2020 | GDC News, GMC News, GPhC News, HPCP News, NMC News
FollowFollowFollowFollow The UK’s healthcare regulators have published their annual whistleblowing report the 12 months from April 2019 to March 2020. Whistleblowing in Healthcare Regulation Whistleblowing is the term used when someone who works for an employer raises...
