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...
by admin | Mar 14, 2021 | Legal
A self-referral is when you inform a regulator of a concern about your own conduct, competence or health that may impair your fitness to practise. Under certain circumstances, the requirement to self-refer might be clear but this is not always the case, for example in...
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...
