by admin | Aug 4, 2024 | GMC
If the General Medical Council’s (GMC) receive complaints or evidence that a doctor’s fitness to practise may be impaired as a result of a physical or mental health issues (also referred to as “adverse health”), it has the power to direct the doctor to undertake a...
by admin | Jul 9, 2024 | GDC, GMC, GOsC, GPhC, HCPC, NMC, SWE
When faced with a fitness to practise investigation, should health care professionals “wait and see” or does constructive engagement make a difference to the outcome of a fitness to practise investigation? Health care regulators will investigate allegations of...
by admin | Jun 25, 2024 | GMC
The way a doctor responds to a fitness to practice concern can influence the outcome of their investigation. The right response can lead to less severe sanctions or, in some cases, no sanctions being imposed. We look specifically at insight and remediation and how...
by admin | Jun 19, 2024 | GMC
Honesty is at the heart of medical professionalism and is essential for the public to have trust in particularly doctors. Dishonesty is particularly problematic for the General Medical Council (GMC) because it points to character flaws that are difficult to remediate...
by admin | Jun 4, 2024 | NMC, Uncategorized
A brief overview of the NMC’s fitness to practice investigation process and what nurses can expect if they are subject to a fitness to practice investigation. What the NMC means by Fitness to Practise The Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC) investigates allegations...
