What is fitness to practise?

Being fit to practise requires a registered professional to have the skills, knowledge, health and character to do their job safely and effectively.

Each regulator will have a code which sets out the professional standards that their registrants must uphold in order to be registered to practise in the UK.

If you are facing NMC, GMC, SWE or HCPC fitness to practise proceedings, you are probably feeling both upset and very worried; quite justifiably so.  As an example, in 20% of NMC cases that go through a full investigation, the case ends with the nurses or midwife being struck off the register, suspended or subject to conditions of practice*. 

Even if I am not able to attend your hearing, my advice can be the difference between being struck off the register, and keeping your PIN, as in the case of MA, who said afterwards:

Here’s an example of what I can do for you.

HCPC Panel Hearing - Dishonesty: Invalid Driving Licence

 I represented [June 2018] a social worker referred to the HCPC for misconduct.  It was alleged that they had dishonestly certified having a valid driving licence and insurance over the course of 8 years.  There were particular reasons why the registrant could not give evidence in her defence in this case.  Despite this and the panel finding dishonesty and criminal use of an invalid driving licence over an extended period as alleged, as a result of my submissions to the panel, the sanction imposed was a 6 month suspension order.  Further work on this will allow them to return to work unrestricted in just a few months.

There are more cases listed on my Case Study page and they may be similar to your case. 

If they are not, Contact Me to see what I can do for you!