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Rayner my parade! The importance of specialist advice.
Jemma Brimblecombe
22 March 2018
Post-Brexit language testing for EEA qualified healthcare professionals
On March 7 2018, the House of Commons Library published a Briefing Paper outlining the language testing requirements imposed upon healthcare professionals who qualified outside of the UK. Proficiency in English is one of the skills that healthcare professionals that work within the UK need to possess. However, the UK’s ability to regulate the standard of language skills held by applicants who originate from within the EEA has been hindered due to its membership with the EU.
5 February 2018
Press Round-Up: Regulatory and Professional Discipline December 2017 - January 2018
Recent news relating to the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), General Medical Council (GMC), Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) and Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC).
2 February 2018
Lessons learned: the duty of candour in practical terms
The recent case of General Medical Council v Bawa-Garba will have escaped the attention of very few medical professionals.
23 November 2017
Actions speak louder than words in respect of insight
McDermott v HCPC [2017] EWHC 2899 (Admin)
Hearing date: 7th November 2017
Before: Mrs Justice Yip
15 August 2017
Criminal consequences for accessing medical records without a business purpose
Doctors, dentists, psychoanalysts, psychotherapists and other healthcare professionals tempted to look at the medical records of members of their family or friends without a ‘business purpose’ should read with interest the latest warning issued by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), namely that “NHS employees .. unlawfully accessing patient records [are committing] an offence”. The warning is equally applicable to those working in private healthcare settings and to other professionals who have access to personal data (broadly defined as being data that relates to a living individual who can be identified from it).
