by admin | May 31, 2021 | Legal
Once the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) has decided that a fitness to practise complaint falls within its regulatory jurisdiction (triage), it will move to the initial investigation stage. At this point in the HCPC fitness to practise investigation...
by admin | May 24, 2021 | Case Study, Legal
Kings View Chambers represented a HCPC registered Occupational Therapist in a case involving a breach of professional boundaries and dishonesty. Speaking about the case, barrister Catherine Stock commented that: “This case demonstrated how easy it can be even for an...
by admin | May 16, 2021 | Legal
The duty of candour means healthcare professionals must be honest when something goes wrong and failure to do so can amount to misconduct. What is the duty of candour? All healthcare professionals have a duty of candour – a professional responsibility to be honest...
by admin | Apr 5, 2021 | Legal
The Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) has launched a new corporate plan to fast-track improvements to core regulatory functions, in particular in fitness to practise. The HCPC’s new corporate plan comes in the wake of a damning performance report by the...
by admin | Mar 28, 2021 | Legal
An important consultation to overhaul fitness to practise has been launched by the Department of Health and Social Care. This week, the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) launched what has been described as a “once in a lifetime” opportunity to overhaul...
by admin | Mar 14, 2021 | Case Study, Legal
HCPC Defence Barristers (part of Kings View Chambers) represented a paramedic facing Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) fitness to practise proceedings. JG, a paramedic, was facing very serious charges relating to drug misuse at work which could have had a...
