by admin | May 26, 2022 | Uncategorized
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 | Jan 29, 2021 | Uncategorized
The General Osteopathic Council (GOsC) recently reported that it removed an osteopath for failing to obtain and maintain professional indemnity insurance. What’s the relevance of indemnity cover to fitness to practise? A condition of registration – The Health...
by admin | Dec 20, 2020 | Uncategorized
Fitness to practise procedures do not exits as a general complaints resolution procedure. The scope of what regulators can consider relevant is usually set out in statutory Regulations. In the case of the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC), its statutory powers to...
by admin | Oct 30, 2020 | Uncategorized
Overwhelming evidence supports the fact that BAME healthcare professionals are disproportionately impacted by fitness to practise referrals and proceedings. Last week I reported on a Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) report highlighting that BAME nurses as...
by admin | May 24, 2020 | Uncategorized
Are healthcare regulators softening their fitness to practise stance to support the fight against Covid-19? The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) has allowed suspended nurses to return to practice to support the fight against the coronavirus pandemic. It...
