by admin | Nov 26, 2023 | Fitness to Practise, HCPC, News
My client, a Radiographer, has been cleared by a HCPC tribunal of all wrong doing in a scathing judgement of the Trust and witnesses involved. PT contacted us in June 2020 dissatisfied with his representation to date. He had been advised to make admissions. The case...
by admin | Oct 19, 2023 | GDC, GMC, GOsC, GPhC, HCPC, NMC, SWE
The case for legal advice – data and research We know, from over a combined 30 years’ experience representing doctors and other medical professionals, that legal advice and representation does make a positive difference. The difference having legal advice makes is...
by admin | Sep 28, 2023 | GDC, GMC, GOsC, GPhC, HCPC, NMC, SWE
Any criminal conviction will be viewed as proven in a fitness to practise case, and attempts at denial could be interpreted as lack insight. An Overview of Criminal Convictions Fitness to Practise In fitness to practise proceedings, criminal convictions (or formal...
by admin | Mar 5, 2023 | HCPC
Dr Brown approached us for advice at very early stages of an internal investigation which was proceeding a disciplinary and an HCPC referral. He sought advice and guidance on how best to navigate both without creating further issues. We mapped a strategy for him to...
by admin | Feb 18, 2023 | Case, HCPC, News
Stephen has successfully resisted a HCPC application for immediate suspension for a client accused of lack of competence alongside integrity issues. WN instructed Kings View Medical Defence two days before her hearing for the purposes of an Interim Order Application...
by admin | Jan 28, 2023 | GDC, GMC, GOsC, GPhC, HCPC, NMC, SWE
Investigations are Utterly Traumatic Experiences – Regardless of the Final Outcome The trauma experienced by any healthcare professional facing a fitness to practise investigation cannot be overstated – and the phrase ‘second victim’ is very apt here. Investigations...
