On 4 December 2024 the Home Secretary revealed changes to UK immigration policy as part of a plan to cut net migration by an estimated 300,000 per year. The Proposed Changes to Visa Requirements The proposed change causing the most concern is the increase to the salary threshold for the Skilled Worker visa from £26,200 …
As of 31 December 2023, paramedics and other stipulated healthcare practitioners (see below) will be able to prescribe specified controlled drugs. The new Misuse of Drugs (England and Wales and Scotland) (Amendment) (No.2) Regulations 2023 will amend the former Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 and the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2001 permitting: Podiatrist independent prescribers, …
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As readers will be aware, the rumbling news story within the area of professional discipline has been the regulation of Physician Associates (“PAs”) and Anaesthesia Associates (“AAs”) by the General Medical Council (“GMC”). As already covered on our website, the British Medical Association (“BMA”) has raised concerns regarding the similarity of title(s) with doctors, the …
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As Health and Care Professions Council (“HCPC”) registrants will be aware, the HCPC have revised their ‘Standards of Conduct, Performance and Ethics’ (“Standards”) and the revised Standards will come into effect on 1 September 2024. This follows on from the HCPC’s recent revision of the ‘Standards of Proficiency’ which took effect on 1 September 2023. …
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There has been an increase in media coverage on modern slavery and human trafficking in the care sector in recent months, both of which are criminal offences under the Modern Slavery Act 2015 (‘the Act’). The CQC’s recent State of Care report 2022/23 further highlights concerns in this area. In the report the CQC has …
The British Medical Association (“BMA”) has called for the Health and Care Professions Council (“HCPC”) to regulate physician associates, rather than the General Medical Council (“GMC”) and for physician associates to be renamed ‘physician assistants’. This stance follows concerns raised by doctors regarding the lack of distinction between the role of a physician associate (“PA”) …
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Growing Levels Of Dissatisfaction Levels Among Medical Professionals And How This Can Negatively Affect Your Inspection Rating As A GP Provider On 23 June 2023, the General Medical Council (“GMC”) published a report examining the experiences of medical professionals in the UK throughout the years 2022-2023. The report titled ‘The state of medical education and …
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Where police, prosecutors and criminal courts rely on a defendant’s criminal history to support its prosecution, a regulator places the same reliance on a provider or professional individuals’ regulatory history. While a criminal history requires a formal conviction before it will be considered as part of an individual’s history, a regulatory history does not have …
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The CQC has recently published additional insight into its scoring process under the new inspection methodology, including explaining how ratings limiters will be applied in the future. Under the current system of KLOEs, prompts and ratings characteristics existing CQC guidance for adult social care services outlines specific ratings limiters related to the Well-led rating. If …
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The BBC has carried out an investigation into the care provided to young people with Autism. As part of this, the BBC reviewed over 4,000 Prevention of Future Death (“PFD”) reports delivered in England and Wales over the past 10 years. The investigation identified that the Coroner had issued PDF reports in 51 cases which …
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