by admin | Oct 26, 2019 | Legal
Cautions must be declared to healthcare regulatory bodies such as the HCPC. There is often uncertainty over cautions, what they are and whether they should be declared. What is a police caution? There is often a misconception that a police caution is a “slap on the...
by admin | Sep 16, 2019 | Legal
In December a new body, Social Work England (SWE), will take over responsibility from the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) for regulating England’s social workers. I recently reported concerns about the HCPC’s fitness to practise failings. The HCPC has...
by admin | Aug 18, 2019 | Legal
Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) is failing in fitness to practise standards according to Professional Standards Authority. The Professional Standards Authority has published its annual performance review of the HCPC. The HCPC’s performance was assessed...
by admin | Jul 9, 2019 | Legal
The Government has set out plans to modernise fitness to practise processes and give healthcare regulators greater autonomy to be responsive to a fast-changing healthcare environment. The UK Department of Health & Social Care has published its response to...
by admin | Jun 22, 2019 | Legal
The leaders of nine healthcare regulators, including the HCPC, have signed a joint statement to stress the benefits of good reflection among healthcare professionals. The statement, “Benefits of becoming a reflective practitioner”, outlines the processes and...
by admin | May 29, 2019 | Case Study, Legal
FollowFollowFollowFollow HCPC Defence Barristers were successful in persuading the HCPC investigating committee that our client had no case to answer. We were successful in persuading the HCPC investigating committee that our client had no case to answer. Our client,...
by admin | May 29, 2019 | Case Study
FollowFollowFollowFollow Kings View Chambers secures a finding of no case to answer for radiographer. Client had a recent conviction for assault. We advised and made representations about the circumstances of the conviction and that given the practitioner’s remorse...
by admin | May 29, 2019 | Case Study, Legal
FollowFollowFollowFollow HCPC Defence Barristers represented a radiographer who faced 6 allegations relating to lack of competence and misconduct.At the close of the HCPC we made submissions of no case to answer. The Panel concluded that:“Given the evidence which the...
by admin | Feb 27, 2017 | Legal
HCPC Standards state that registrants must: Maintain a continuous, up to date and accurate record of their CPD activities; Demonstrate that their CPD activities are a mixture of learning activities relevant to current or future practice; Seek to ensure that their CPD...
by admin | Feb 20, 2017 | Social work
The HCPC’s revised Standards of Proficiency for Social Workers in England came into force on 9 January 2017. The standards set out what a social worker should know and be able to do by the time they have completed their training. They are considered threshold...
