Health Care Professionals Council (HCPC) Defence Barristers
Kings View is a leading chambers specialising in healthcare law and regulation. We have vast experience in defending and representing all healthcare professionals in all courts and tribunals. With our vast experience in healthcare regulation comes an understanding of the complexities of working in health and social care. We can provide health and social care professionals with high quality specialist advocacy and advisory services.
HCPC Fitness to Practise
Kings View is a leading chambers specialising in healthcare law and regulation. We have vast experience in defending and representing all healthcare professionals in all courts and tribunals.
With our vast experience in healthcare regulation comes an understanding of the complexities of working in health and social care. We can provide health and social care professionals with high quality specialist advocacy and advisory services.
If you are a health or care professional facing issues with registration or have been referred to the Health Care Professionals Council (HCPC) for investigation then we can help. Kings View can defend and represent you at hearing and will take care of preparing your case.
What we do
- HCPC fitness to practise referrals
- HCPC Conduct and Competence Committee Hearings
- HCPC Health Panel Hearings
- HCPC Panels regarding fraudulent entry
- Appeals against a HCPC Panel determination
- Interim Order hearings
- Appeals against an Interim Orders Panel determination
- Preparing your case for the Investigating Committee
- Registration advice
- Appeal against refusal of registration or re-registration
- Restoration to the Register
- Investigation and disciplinary hearings at work
- Criminal investigation and proceedings
- Police cautions
- DBS [Disclosure and Barring Service] issues
Recent Cases
Kings View successful in revocation of NMC Interim Conditions of Practice
In this case, our client M, a nurse, faced allegations made by colleagues about her behaviour during the beginning of COVID.In this case, our client M, a nurse, faced allegations made by colleagues about her behaviour during the beginning of COVID. M approached Kings...
No case to answer for doctor facing 30 allegations of dishonesty
MPTS conclude there was no case to answer for a doctor facing 30 allegations of dishonesty.Dr GVC instructed Kings View to represent her before the MPTS in her GMC fitness to practise case. In a very complex case, Dr GVC faced 30 allegations of dishonesty across 7...
Kings View Chambers represent doctor who accepted a police caution
In this case, Dr S accepted a police caution and delayed notifying the GMC. Dr S admitted these allegations before the Medical Practitioner’s Tribunal (MPT).Dr S was represented by fitness to practise defence barrister Catherine Stock. Catherine successfully...
Kings View client avoids NMC suspension
This case involves 2 separate referrals made to the Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC) by different employers for related matters. The nurse, GG, was at risk of an Interim Order of Suspension that put his new employment in jeopardy.This case involves 2 separate...
HCPC News and Articles
An in-depth look at Remediation in Fitness to Practise
Reflection is important to gain insight into the circumstances that led to things going wrong and from this to demonstrate remediation.
An in-depth look at Insight in Fitness to Practise
Reflection is important to gain insight into the circumstances that led to things going wrong and from this to demonstrate remediation.
Fitness to Practise: Confidentiality and Data Protection
Healthcare professionals have a duty to treat information about service users as confidential, and failure may result in impaired fitness to practise.