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...
by admin | May 26, 2022 | GDC, GMC, GOsC, GPhC, HCPC, NMC, SWE
Engagement does matter Should you engage with your regulator during a fitness to practise investigation? Yes. It is important that you engage with your regulator when you receive correspondence, queries and/or request for information etc. There are a number of...
by admin | May 1, 2022 | GDC, GMC, GOsC, GPhC, HCPC, NMC, SWE
The murder charge of nurse Lucy Letby, charged with the murder and attempted murder of babies at the Countess of Chester Hospital, has received significant interest in the sphere of fitness to practise and healthcare regulation. A NMC statement on the issue confirmed...
by admin | May 1, 2022 | GDC, GMC, GOsC, GPhC, HCPC, NMC, SWE
In the context of healthcare fitness to practise, the use of social media might not appear important or relevant. However, misuse of social media by health and care professionals can lead to fitness to practise investigations and sanctions. In this article, I will...
