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Sanctions Guidance is not a score sheet – Court of Appeal findings from GMC v Gilbert & PSA
Jessica Etherington
26 October 2016
High threshold to be met before appellate court will depart from professional panel’s factual findings
Janet Redmond v Health and Care Professions Council [2016] EWHC 2490 (Admin)
23 August 2016
When tooth whitening is beyond the pale
The tooth whitening industry continues to grow in the UK, thanks in part to celebrity culture. As a result, targeting and eradicating practitioners undertaking illegal tooth whitening continues to remain a key focus for the General Dental Council (GDC). The GDC is the statutory body responsible for regulating the dental profession. Just a cursory scan of their website reveals that there have been seven successful prosecutions between June and August of this year alone.
22 August 2016
High Court clarifies the position in relation to reliance on documents from previous investigations and/or the findings from previous investigations
Doris Enemuwe v Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) [2016] EWHC 1881 (Admin)
Judgement Date 26 July 2016
11 May 2016
How the General Dental Council deals with complaints against Dental Practitioners
Most dentists’ experience of the General Dental Council (GDC) is limited to obtaining and maintaining their professional registration. But for around 400 dentists per year, the experience is a more serious, potentially career threatening, one. This is because they have been subject to a complaint and find themselves involved in a GDC fitness to practice investigation. Going through such an investigation can be a distressing and lonely experience. Here we attempt to de-shroud some of the mystery behind what happens when the GDC receives a complaint about a dentist’s fitness to practice and what the process actually entails.
2 December 2015
Be silent and be ignored
The recent investigation of nurses’ failings at Brithdir care home provides lessons for others facing regulatory review, says regulatory lawyer Lucy Williams.
On 21 August 2015, the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) concluded its 81 day hearing into failings at Brithdir Care Home, the subject of the UK's biggest inquiry to date into alleged neglect.
This article was first published on Nursing Older People magazine.