by admin | Aug 23, 2022 | GDC, GMC, GOsC, GPhC, HCPC, NMC, SWE
Current impairment looks at fitness to practise at the point of consideration, in the present tense, not at the time in the past when, for example, something went wrong. In practice, this means that even where there has been harm to a patient or service user, if a...
by admin | Jul 10, 2022 | GDC, GMC, GOsC, GPhC, HCPC, News, NMC, SWE
Good medical practice & other GMC guidance It is important to note that the standards expected of doctors do not change because they are communicating through social media as opposed to face to face or through other traditional media. Good medical practice The...
by admin | Jun 26, 2022 | GDC, GMC, GOsC, GPhC, HCPC, NMC, SWE
Reflection is important for any health and care professional to gain insight into the circumstances that led to things going wrong, and from this to demonstrate remediation. In the second of three fitness to practise articles, we take an in-depth look at insight. ...
by admin | Jun 26, 2022 | GDC, GMC, GOsC, GPhC, HCPC, NMC, SWE
Reflection is important for any healthcare professional to gain insight into the circumstances that led to things going wrong, and from this to demonstrate remediation. In the last of three series of articles, we take an in depth look at remediation in fitness to...
by admin | Jun 18, 2022 | GDC, GMC, GOsC, GPhC, HCPC, NMC, SWE
Reflection is important for any healthcare professional to gain insight into the circumstances that led to things going wrong, and from this to demonstrate remediation. In the first of three fitness to practise articles, we take an in-depth look at remediation. ...
by admin | Jun 11, 2022 | Fitness to Practise, GDC, GMC, GOsC, GPhC, HCPC, NMC, SWE
What is Fit to Practise? Generally speaking, a health and care professional is fit to practise if they have the training, skills, knowledge, character and health to do their job safely and effectively. Where a regulator has concerns about a health and care...
