Today I was back at the HCPC. It was unusually warm in there today, as the bright sunshine streamed in through the windows - it would have been good to have been outside enjoying it. My client was there for a review of an interim suspension order, imposed earlier in the year and preventing them from carrying out their profession as a radiographer. When the order was imposed, they had attended unrepresented.  At the beginning of this week, they decided they needed some help and contacted me.

I am very busy at the moment, but where a case is urgent, I can often re-prioritise my work, and so I did in this case.

After analysing my client's paperwork, I put together submissions with the goal of getting the suspension lifted and replaced by conditions of practice.  This was a case where there were allegations of incompetence over an extended period, including a previous referral where misconduct and incompetence had been found, and where there was a further allegation of failing to disclose the previous referral.

On hearing my submissions, the panel were persuaded to make a conditions of practice order.  Now my client has a chink of light to go towards, allowing them to work his way back to safe and effective practice.  And it was still sunny when we got outside!