by admin | Mar 7, 2021 | Legal
Fitness to practise includes health – both physical and mental. With adverse health, what should be considered and when is a fitness to practise referral appropriate? Health in Fitness to Practise Health is an important consideration in fitness to practise. Health...
by admin | Mar 1, 2021 | Legal
Professional Standards Authority v Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) and Leonard Ren-Yi Yong [2021] EWHC 52 (Admin) In the case of PSA v HCPC & Leonard Ren-Yi Yong, the High Court was asked to rule on whether inappropriate comments by Mr Yong were...
by admin | Feb 17, 2021 | Legal
Reflection and demonstrating insight are important in fitness to practise proceedings but what is the significance of these and what does insight look like in practice? When things go wrong Fitness to practise investigations and sanctions exist to protect the...
by admin | Jan 29, 2021 | Legal
The General Osteopathic Council (GOsC) recently reported that it removed an osteopath for failing to obtain and maintain professional indemnity insurance. What’s the relevance of indemnity cover to fitness to practise? A condition of registration – The Health...
by admin | Dec 20, 2020 | Legal
A review of Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA) has found “serious concerns about the HCPC’s performance in its fitness to practise work.” The most recent PSA review of the HCPC has found that it is only meeting one...
by admin | Dec 13, 2020 | Legal
With the UK’s departure from the European Union only weeks away, what does Brexit mean for healthcare regulation in the UK? The UK’s exit from the European Union will bring wholesale legislative change including for legislation governing how healthcare professionals...
by admin | Dec 13, 2020 | Uncategorized
A review of Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA) has found “serious concerns about the HCPC’s performance in its fitness to practise work.” The most recent PSA review of the HCPC has found that it is only meeting one...
by admin | Dec 7, 2020 | Legal
The Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) is failing to meet standards of good regulation and has implemented a fitness to practise “Improvement Programme” to address this. As of the 31st of March 2020 the HCPC has still to achieve 6 of the 24 Professional...
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...
