by admin | Dec 16, 2025 | Case, Fitness to Practise, GPhC
Stephen’s client, a pharmacist referred to as IK, has successfully avoided the most severe sanction of removal from the register following a professional conduct case before the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC). The matter concluded with only a short...
by admin | Dec 16, 2025 | Case, GPhC, News
Stephen, joint Head of Chambers at Kings View Chambers and expert fitness to practise barrister, recently represented a pharmacist, RH, who was facing dozens of allegations before the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC). The case was vast and complex, involving...
by admin | Nov 5, 2025 | GDC, GMC, GOsC, GPhC, HCPC, NMC, SWE
When healthcare professionals appear before fitness to practise panels, their level of insight often plays a central role in determining both current impairment and sanction. Panels expect registrants to reflect on the concerns raised, understand their implications,...
by admin | Jul 30, 2025 | GDC, GMC, GOsC, GPhC, HCPC, NMC, SWE
Fitness to practise investigations play a critical role in ensuring that healthcare professionals in the UK meet the standards required to deliver safe and effective care. However, when these investigations extend over many months or even years, they can inflict...
by admin | Jul 14, 2025 | GDC, GMC, GOsC, GPhC, HCPC, NMC, SWE
Accepted outcomes will become a new, paper-based route for resolving fitness to practise concerns without a full panel hearing, in what the PSA describes as a “fundamental change” to how regulators handle fitness to practise concerns. Under upcoming legislative...
by admin | May 19, 2025 | GDC, GMC, GOsC, GPhC, HCPC, NMC, SWE
Interim Orders in Professional Regulation: Balancing Safety and Humanity Interim orders are a regulatory tool used during the early stages of a fitness to practise investigation. For healthcare professionals, being subject to an interim order can be a challenging...
