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Rayner my parade! The importance of specialist advice.
Jemma Brimblecombe
4 October 2018
Court of Appeal overturns High Court’s finding of doctor’s dishonesty
Case summary of Raychaudhuri v General Medical Council (Professional Standards Authority for Health and Social Care intervening) [2018] EWCA Civ 2027.
13 July 2018
High Court provides guidance on the approach Panels should take in making determinations of fact Teasdale v General Osteopathic Council
[2018] EWHC 1679 (Admin) before Mr Justice Spencer - The Registrant is a registered osteopath who qualified in 2008. Since qualifying, she worked as an osteopath at various clinics both in the UK and abroad. The Registrant was employed by Weaver House, a professional osteopathy and healthcare practice, in November 2015 as an associate cranial osteopath.
3 July 2018
New (over-complicated) professional standards for UKCP and BACP members
The professional standards for both UKCP and BACP members are having a revamp; are they clear, understandable and fit for purpose?
3 July 2018
An update on the General Optical Council v Clarke – retirement is not relevant to impairment
Shannett Thompson and Grace Castle provide an update on General Optical Council v Clarke.
21 May 2018
The PSA’s Lessons Learned Review – Regulators take heed
The Professional Standards Authority has published its review into the Nursing and Midwifery Council’s (‘NMC’) treatment of a number of serious allegations against Furness General Hospital (FGH) midwives in relation to the tragic deaths of babies and some mothers between 2004 and 2016. Although titled a “Lessons Learned Review”, the report does not hold back in launching criticism at the NMC which identified the need to “address very serious concerns about the way in which it deals with families and patients and whether it is a transparent, open organisation”. Indeed, the PSA report catalogues many issues which other regulators, including those operating outside of health and social care, would be advised to consider.