by admin | Aug 23, 2022 | Legal
Current impairment looks at fitness to practise at the point of consideration, in the present tense, not at the time in the past when, for example, something went wrong. In practice, this means that even where there has been harm to a patient or service user, if a...
by admin | Jul 2, 2022 | Legal
Reflection is important for any healthcare professional to gain insight into the circumstances that led to things going wrong, and from this to demonstrate remediation. In the last of three series of articles, we take an in depth look at remediation in fitness to...
by admin | Jun 26, 2022 | Legal
Reflection is important for any health and care professional to gain insight into the circumstances that led to things going wrong, and from this to demonstrate remediation. In the second of three fitness to practise articles, we take an in-depth look at insight. ...
by admin | Jun 11, 2022 | Legal
What is Fit to Practise? Generally speaking, a health and care professional is fit to practise if they have the training, skills, knowledge, character and health to do their job safely and effectively. Where a regulator has concerns about a health and care...
by admin | Jun 11, 2022 | Legal
Reflection is important for any healthcare professional to gain insight into the circumstances that led to things going wrong, and from this to demonstrate remediation. In the first of three fitness to practise articles, we take an in-depth look at remediation. ...
by admin | May 26, 2022 | Legal
Engagement does matter Should you engage with your regulator during a fitness to practise investigation? Yes. It is important that you engage with your regulator when you receive correspondence, queries and/or request for information etc. There are a number of...
