by admin | Nov 25, 2020 | Uncategorized
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 to be drawn out, rigid...
by admin | Nov 15, 2020 | Legal
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 with the murder and...
by admin | Oct 30, 2020 | Legal
Follow Follow 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 BAME...
by admin | Sep 27, 2020 | Legal
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 a concern about...
by admin | Sep 6, 2020 | Legal
The Health & Care Professionals Council (HCPC) has announced plans to support ‘former registrants’ to maintain their fitness to practise. The HCPC said it “recognise the challenges that former registrants might face in meeting our returning to practice...
by admin | Aug 18, 2020 | Legal
Matt Hancock’s Future of Healthcare Recently the Health and Social Care Secretary, Matt Hancock, delivered a speech to the Royal College of Physicians about the future of healthcare. Much of what has driven his vision of the future was based on the health and social...
by admin | Aug 2, 2020 | Legal
Research commissioned by the Professional Standards Authority, found that whilst “only a minority of health care professionals go through fitness to practise (FtP) procedures” evidence shows certain “demographics and professions are over-represented in complaints”. ...
by admin | Jul 25, 2020 | Legal
The Health & Care Professionals Council (HCPC) has set out its position for regulating in the next phase of COVID-19 including fitness to practise. During the Covid19 emergency, the HCPC created and maintained a temporary register(s) of former registrants and...
by admin | Jun 20, 2020 | Case Study, Legal
Kings View Chambers has helped a psychologist register with the HCPC despite having a police caution for perverting the course of justice. DB made application for registration with the Health and Care Professionals Council (HCPC) and was asked to provide information...
by admin | Jun 6, 2020 | Legal
In the context of healthcare fitness to practise, the use of social media might not appear important or relevant. However, misuse of social media by health and care professionals can lead to fitness to practise investigations and sanctions. In this article, I will...
