by kvcadmin | Nov 22, 2020 | GDC News, GMC News, GPhC News, HPCP News, NMC News, Social Work England News
FollowFollowFollowFollow Contextual factors in fitness to practise is not a new concept but this pandemic has laid bare the reality of medical practice, difficult decisions and stressful workplaces. Healthcare regulators have adapted to recognise the extraordinary...
by kvcadmin | Nov 22, 2020 | GDC News, GMC News, GPhC News, HPCP News, NMC News, Social Work England News
FollowFollowFollowFollow Whilst there are many things about the virus that is devastating, one positive is that it forced upon healthcare regulators the need to reform, adapt and do so quickly. What this has shown is that fitness to practise regulation does not need...
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 | 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 25, 2020 | NMC News
FollowFollowFollowFollow Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) report highlights BAME nurses as disproportionately impacted by fitness to practise referrals and proceedings. The report, ‘Ambitious for change: research into NMC processes and people’s protected...
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...
