As all Doctors will be aware, receiving a letter from the General Medical Council (“GMC”) can be a daunting experience. However, receiving a letter from the GMC confirming that a complaint has been raised against you by a patient, and the GMC are now investigating that complaint, can be a frightening experience. Whilst some Doctors …
The Health and Care Professions Council (“HCPC”) has announced that it will be offering new support to registrants who are going through the Fitness to Practise (“FTP”) process. As readers will be aware, the HCPC is the independent regulator of health and care professionals in the UK and regulates over 280,000 professionals across 15 separate …
The implementation of updated General Medical Council (“GMC”) guidance, inclusive of an online ‘declaration tool’ for final year medical students applying to provisionally join the medical register has led to a reduction in the number of low-level fitness to practise declarations requiring no further action by the regulator. This is in accordance with new data …
GMC changes cause a drop in medical student fitness to practise declarations Read More »
Whilst many students or trainees have a vague idea of what it means to be professionally regulated, they will only truly understand the full extent of their professional obligations when they join the register and face the stark reality of potentially receiving a patient complaint or being brought before their regulator. This article aims to …
Professional Discipline: What Does It Actually Mean To Be ‘Professionally Regulated’? Read More »
Healthcare practitioners that have undertaken additional accredited training may consider whether to become dual regulated. By dual regulated, we mean a healthcare practitioner becoming a registrant of two regulators. As an example, and after completing the requisite training and qualifications required: a British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy (BACP) registered Psychotherapist becoming registered with the …
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