Understanding Accepted Outcomes in Fitness to Practise

Understanding Accepted Outcomes in Fitness to Practise

Accepted outcomes will become a new, paper-based route for resolving fitness to practise concerns without a full panel hearing in what the Professional Standards Authority for Health and Social Care (PSA) describes as “fundamental changes to how regulators...
The toll of prolonged fitness to practise investigations and the role of expert legal representation

Interim Orders in Professional Regulation

Interim Orders in Professional Regulation: Balancing Safety and Humanity Interim orders are a regulatory tool used during the early stages of a fitness to practise investigation. For healthcare professionals, being subject to an interim order can be a challenging...
The toll of prolonged fitness to practise investigations and the role of expert legal representation

Does remediation matter in fitness to practise?

What is remediation? In the context of fitness to practise, remediation refers to the process by which a professional—often in a healthcare or related regulated field—takes deliberate, demonstrable steps to address concerns that have been raised about their conduct,...
Successful NMC registration reapplication for our client

NMC finds no misconduct for our client

In this case, our client, F, faced fitness to practise proceedings before the NMC dating back to 2018. This case has been before the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) since 2018 and has only recently reached a final conclusion. There were allegations across 3...