Fitness to practise & do’s and do not’s of using social media

Misconduct in Fitness to Practise

Misconduct in Fitness to Practise In order to understand misconduct, you must firstly understand what fitness to practise means.  Whilst each healthcare regulator’s definition is different in certain respects, generally speaking, fitness to practise means that a...
Fitness to Practise in the Present Tense

Fitness to Practise in the Present Tense

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...