by admin | Nov 28, 2023 | Remediation
Our client’s, R, registration with the General Dental Council fully restored in a case also pointing to the importance of full remediation. This case was a restoration case the dentist having been removed from the register for a failure to have indemnity insurance in...
by admin | Oct 4, 2023 | Insight, Remediation
Any criminal conviction will be viewed as proven in a fitness to practise case, and attempts at denial could be interpreted as lacking insight. An Overview of Criminal Convictions Fitness to Practise In fitness to practise proceedings, criminal...
by admin | Sep 8, 2023 | Uncategorized
Nurses can avoid the anxiety and cost of a full fitness to practise hearing through consensual panel determinations, with insight and strengthened practise being an important consideration. NMC Consensual Panel – Overview A consensual panel determination...
by admin | Aug 18, 2023 | Insight, Remediation
The Health and Care Professions Council has decided to lift a restrictive order placed on our client following representation from Kings View. In this case, our client, H, did not accept dishonesty allegations made by the HCPC against them. A finding was made against...
by admin | Jul 22, 2023 | Insight, Remediation
NMC Fitness to Practise The Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC) does not have a definitive definition of fitness to practise. Broadly speaking, however, when the NMC refers to fitness to practise, it says: “Fitness to practise is about managing the risk that a...
by admin | Jul 11, 2023 | Insight, Remediation
GMC Interim Orders The General Medical Council (GMC) investigates allegations relating to impairment by reason of serious misconduct, adverse health, deficient performance and/or matters relating to convictions or police cautions. It is worth noting that the GMC does...
by admin | Jun 20, 2023 | Insight, Remediation
What is General Pharmaceutical fitness to practise? To remain on the General Pharmaceutical Council’s (GPhC) register, pharmacists must be “fit to practise”. The GPhC defines fitness to practise as pharmacy professionals: “having the skills, knowledge, character and...
by admin | Jun 9, 2023 | Insight, Remediation
Does evidence of insight and remediation really make a difference before a Medical Practitioner’s Tribunal (MPT)? What is Insight and Remediation? The reality is that sometimes things do go wrong in medical practice and mistakes are made. When this happens,...
