by admin | Apr 20, 2022 | Fitness to Practise, SWE
What is “fitness to practise”? Before briefly looking at the process, it is important to understand that Social Work England (SWE) means by ‘fit to practise’. SWE defines ‘fitness to practise’ as a social worker having the skills, knowledge, character and health to...
by admin | Mar 28, 2022 | GDC, GMC, GOsC, GPhC, HCPC, NMC, SWE
How can a professional have a fair chance before a Tribunal to resist allegations, particularly of dishonesty, without finding the resistance itself unfairly counting against them if they are unsuccessful? This was a principle consideration in the case of Sawati v...
by admin | Mar 28, 2022 | GDC, GMC, GOsC, GPhC, HCPC, News, NMC, SWE
Case Examiners – who are they? At the conclusion of the initial investigation stage, if there is evidence that a health and care professional’s fitness to practise may be impaired, the case must be referred to the case examiners for more in depth consideration. Case...
by admin | Mar 28, 2022 | GDC, GMC, GOsC, GPhC, HCPC, NMC, SWE
2021 has been another significant year for fitness to practise. From the continued impact of Covid19, racial bias in fitness to practise, fitness to practise legislative reform and a number of important court cases, this is an overview of fitness to practise in...
by admin | Mar 28, 2022 | Fitness to Practise, GDC, GMC, GOsC, GPhC, HCPC, NMC, SWE
GMC investigations are utterly traumatic experiences for doctors regardless of the final outcome. However, there are opportunities for early resolution of GMC investigations at various stages in the process. How likely are you to be subject to a GMC...
by admin | Mar 28, 2022 | Fitness to Practise, GDC, GMC, GOsC, GPhC, HCPC, NMC, SWE
The test applied to determine if your fitness to practise investigation will be referred to a full fitness to practise hearing is called the “real prospect” test. Fitness to practise triage stage Triage (or filtering) is the first step in any fitness to practise...
