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The definition of ‘racial motivation’: a step toward defining a subjective act

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In the recent case of Lambert-Simpson v Health and Care Professions Council [2023] EWHC 481 (Admin), the High Court affirmed the meaning of ‘racially motivated’ in the context of professional discipline proceedings. Background: In July 2022, the Health and Care Professions Tribunal Service (“HCPTS”) conducted a fitness to practise hearing in connection with a registered …

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Recent Study Finds that England Still Views Care Workers as ‘Unskilled’

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The Nuffield Trust, which is an independent UK health think tank, recently conducted a study into peoples’ perception of care workers in the UK.  Findings from the study have been published in a research report titled, ‘New horizons: What can England learn from the professionalisation of care workers in other countries?’. The report states that …

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Let’s keep regulators and Tribunals to their correct remit

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Over recent years we have seen the growth of statutory tribunals with panels comprised of a legally qualified chairperson and selected experts to determine a variety of a specialised issues. It is not clear whether this is born from a desire to relieve mainstream courts of workload, or to speed dispute resolution in specialised cases, …

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