by Webmaster | Jul 30, 2025 | Doctors Law, Fitness to Practise, Nursing Law
Fitness to practise investigations play a critical role in ensuring that healthcare professionals in the UK meet the standards required to deliver safe and effective care. However, when these investigations extend over many months or even years, they can inflict...
by Webmaster | Jul 14, 2025 | Fitness to Practise, Nursing Law
Accepted outcomes will become a new, paper-based route for resolving fitness to practise concerns without a full panel hearing in what the Professional Standards Authority for Health and Social Care (PSA) describes as “fundamental changes to how regulators...
by Webmaster | Jun 17, 2025 | Fitness to Practise
HCPC’s Sanctions Policy Overhaul: What It Means for Health and Care Professionals The Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) is introducing significant revisions to its Sanctions Policy, marking a pivotal shift in how fitness to practise (FTP) cases are evaluated....
by Webmaster | May 19, 2025 | Doctors Law, Nursing Law
Interim Orders in Professional Regulation: Balancing Safety and Humanity Interim orders are a regulatory tool used during the early stages of a fitness to practise investigation. For healthcare professionals, being subject to an interim order can be a challenging...
by Webmaster | May 5, 2025 | Doctors Law, News, Nursing Law
What is remediation? In the context of fitness to practise, remediation refers to the process by which a professional—often in a healthcare or related regulated field—takes deliberate, demonstrable steps to address concerns that have been raised about their conduct,...
