by admin | Nov 25, 2024 | Case, HCPC
My client, RLN, instructed me regarding a registration issue. The HCPC were questioning his application and had referred him to a Registration Panel. He contacted me following a huge amount of communication with the HCPC but, thankfully, before submission of that...
by admin | Oct 28, 2024 | GDC, GMC, GOsC, GPhC, HCPC, NMC, SWE
Seek Legal Advice It’s crucial to get expert legal advice early. Fitness to practise investigations are a trial in all but name – complex, formal and adversarial. For this reason alone, health and care professionals should seek legal advice. However, this is by no...
by admin | Aug 20, 2024 | Fitness to Practise, GDC, GMC, GOsC, GPhC, HCPC, NMC, SWE
A recent publication by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA) highlights a rise in final decisions involving sexual misconduct and inappropriate behaviour. This type of behaviour is seen as particularly serious by regulators and, more often than not, result in...
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 | Apr 29, 2024 | Case, Fitness to Practise, HCPC, News
In a fitness to practise case that has been ongoing for a number of years, the HCPC eventually dropped the case against our client. In this case, the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) decided to proceed with the fitness to practise case against our client,...
by admin | Jan 7, 2024 | Fitness to Practise, GDC, GMC, GOsC, GPhC, HCPC, NMC, SWE
Key points Regulator’s guidance must not be “slavishly” followed and that regulatory decisions must be made based on the individual merits of the case and taking into account all the relevant matters. Taking into account all the relevant matters and information, the...
