When dealing with any form of disciplinary or Fitness to Practise investigation, things can quickly get difficult and complicated. Ridouts’ team of specialist lawyers can provide advice and assistance in connection with Fitness to Practise investigations and any associated NHS proceedings.
Ridouts can assist in connection with Fitness to Practise investigations brought by the:
- General Medical Council (GMC)
- General Dental Council (GDC)
- Nursing & Midwifery Council (HCPC)
- Social Work England (SWE)
- General Optical Council (GOC)
- General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
- General Chiropractic Council (GCC)
- General Osteopathic Council (GOsC)
- Voluntary Accredited registers e.g. British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP), UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) and British Psychoanalytic Council (BPC) as an example
Ridouts can help you by:
- Advising and drafting a declaration to your regulator.
- Drafting representations to the Case Examiners or Investigating Committee.
- Drafting a Termination of Referral application or a Voluntary Removal/Voluntary Erasure application.
- Advising and assisting with Agreed Panel Disposal or Consensual Panel Determinations proposed by the regulator.
- Assisting and conducting advocacy in connection with Interim Order, Registration Appeal, Restoration , Health and substantive Fitness to Practise hearings.
- Advising and assisting with appeals brought against a regulator in the High Court and appeals brought by the Professional Standards Authority.
Ridouts can also assist with:
- NHS Performance Advisory Group (‘PAG’) and Performers Lists Decision Panels (‘PLDP’) matters.
- Professional Body investigations.
- Responses to patient complaints and Ombudsman requests.
- Ad Hoc healthcare queries.
If you are unable to find your regulator detailed above or seek assistance in connection with another healthcare matter, please contact us on 0207 317 0340 or email, info@ridout-law.com
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