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From garage to unicorn – Employment law lessons for scaling tech teams
Catherine Bourne
11 October 2017
‘Why are such a disproportionate number of complaints made against paramedics and social workers to the HCPC?’
The University of Surrey’s final report ‘People Like Us? Understanding Complaints about paramedics and social workers’ has been published on the HCPC website. The study explored the reasons behind the disproportionate number of complaints made to the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) about paramedics and social workers relative to other HCPC professions.
10 October 2017
Court rejects ‘third attempt’ by an appellant to ‘re-litigate’
This case involved an appeal to the High Court by Mr A, a Biomedical Scientist challenging the decisions made by the Conduct and Competence Committee (the Panel) of the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) dated 10 September 2013 and 6 April 2017.
10 October 2017
The ‘Knock-on effect’ of mental health: its implications for misconduct, impairment and sanction
Michael Brookman (‘the Appellant’) is a doctor. He initially appeared before the Interim Orders Tribunal (IOT) on 1 July 2014 following an allegation that he had carried out an inappropriate and sexually motivated examination of a female patient at the hospital where he had been working in October 2013.
9 October 2017
Protecting Athletes - Restoring legal parity between Anti-Doping Authorities and Athletes
When people think of Professional Athletes, they often think of big wages, sponsorship deals and wealth. What many people don’t appreciate is that the jurisdiction of Doping Authorities extends beyond professional sports and into the ranks of amateurs across the UK.
4 October 2017
Doctor Foster's ethics offer a dim view of the GP profession
Never mind breaking the law, it's Doctor Foster's flagrant breaches of GMC ethical codes we should all be worried about, says lawyer Shannett Thompson.
