by admin | Feb 14, 2022 | Legal
How can a professional have a fair chance before a Tribunal to resist allegations, particularly of dishonesty, without finding the resistance itself unfairly counting against them if they are unsuccessful? This was a principle consideration in the case of Sawati v...
by admin | Jan 9, 2022 | Case Study, Legal
Kings View persuade Health and Care Professions Council there is no case to answer at investigation stage for client who self-referred. In this case, our client, M, was required to self-refer to the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) when he was under...
by admin | Nov 8, 2021 | Legal
Paramedics are disproportionately represented in HCPC fitness to practise investigations and hearings. This stems from too many self-referrals, but what should paramedics know before self-referring? How big is the problem? Registered professionals are required to...
by admin | Sep 19, 2021 | Uncategorized
KD’s registration with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) was refused. KD approached Kings View seeking advice on appeal. Kings View fitness to practise defence barrister, Catherine Stock, commenting on KD’s case, said: “The focus of our advice was...
by admin | Sep 5, 2021 | Case Study, Legal
KD’s registration with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) was refused. KD approached Kings View seeking advice on appeal. Kings View fitness to practise defence barrister, Catherine Stock, commenting on KD’s case, said: “The focus of our advice was...
by admin | Sep 5, 2021 | Legal
On 4 March 2021, the HCPC was granted an amendment by the Department of Health and Social Care to existing Rules which gave it the express provision to hold hearings remotely during an emergency. Currently, the Coronavirus emergency provisions are due to...
by admin | Aug 15, 2021 | Legal
Healthcare regulators take a particularly serious view of breaching professional boundaries. What are personal boundaries and how to avoid the pitfalls. What are personal boundaries? The nature of the patient/carer relationship is such that healthcare professionals...
by admin | Jul 31, 2021 | Legal
The Health and Care Professions Council’s (HCPC) has significantly fallen short of standards of good fitness to practise standards according to the PSA. The outcome of the HCPC’s annual review by the Professional Standards Authority reveals that HCPC has only met one...
by admin | Jul 3, 2021 | Legal
On 1 July 2021 HCPC increased the threshold level of qualification to degree level for Operating Department Practitioners (ODP). The Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) said a consultation earlier this year showed support for the increase and aligned with...
by admin | Jun 27, 2021 | Legal
When you receive correspondence from your regulatory body to tell you that a complaint has been received which will formally be investigated as part of its fitness to practise process, the temptation can often be to panic which can lead to rash actions and decisions. ...
