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Keeping the peace at Christmas – top tips for shared parenting over the festive season
Lauren Evans
8 May 2013
General Medical Council: changes to Fitness to Practice Rules are now in force
Important changes to the General Medical Council Fitness to Practise Rules will mean more power to case managers, civil rules of evidence and witness statements in lieu of examination-in-chief.
3 May 2013
Regulatory Press Round-Up: April 2013
- Professional registration for Healthcare assistants? - Healthcare assistants would like to see stricter regulation of their profession.
- General Medical Council - Following the Mid Staffordshire Report, the GMC have been focusing on putting patients at the centre of healthcare.
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General Dental Council - A recent consultation on CPD at the GDC has revealed some concerns about the quality of CPD available to dental professionals.
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Health and Care Professions Council - A consultation into the standards of proficiency for Speech and Language Therapists (SLTs) was launched on 5 April 2013.
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Security Industry Authority - On 2 April 2013, the SIA celebrated their tenth anniversary as the UK regulator of the private security industry.
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Bar Standards Board - A new Strategic Plan has been published by the BSB, setting out the organisation’s vision for the next three years.
29 April 2013
Case Update: Dr E.Y. v General Medical Council [2013] EWHC 860
Interim Conditions of Practice imposed on doctor upheld by High Court.
26 April 2013
Case Update: Ashton v General Medical Council [2013] EWHC 943
The High Court upholds panel decision to suspend a doctor but allows the appeal in respect of the imposition of an immediate order.
26 April 2013
Case Update: Peter Teong Tatt Chuah v Nursing and Midwifery Council [2013] EWHC 894 (Admin)
The High Court holds that although decision to erase Nurse was ‘harsh’ and ‘severe’, it was neither ‘clearly inappropriate’ nor ‘plainly disproportionate’.