A UK-based solicitor blogging about defending professionals and regulatory law, mainly in the healthcare sector
The nicest thing that has ever happened in my professional life happened last week, when I received a letter informing me that the College of Paramedics’ Honours & Awards Committee had seen fit to name…
I was recently asked to contribute to NHS Health Education England’s e-Learning for Healthcare, a programme that works in partnership with NHS and professional bodies such as Royal Colleges to support patient care by providing…
It’s ironic that, as we approached another Thursday 8pm Clap For Our Carers yesterday, one NHS Ambulance Trust was attracting criticism following the partial publication of an independent investigation into the death by suicide of…
The College of Paramedics, in collaboration with University lecturers and senior paramedics from across the UK, has created a dedicated website for final year paramedic science students joining the HCPC’s COVID-19 Temporary Register (Students). I…
There has been widespread media coverage about the many thousands of healthcare professionals altruistically returning to work (or starting work early) to assist during the Covid-19 pandemic. In this blog, I explain the temporary register…
Professional Standards Authority for Health & Social Care v Health and Care Professions Council & R [2020] 3 WLUK 95 We recently successfully defended a High Court fitness to practise appeal, resulting in the reported decision…
The Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch (“HSIB”) is a unique organisation amongst healthcare systems worldwide and came into existence on 1 April 2017. Currently operating under the auspices of NHS Improvement, HSIB both guides and supports…
The College of Paramedics recently asked me to write a brief guide to attending an inquest, for the assistance of their paramedic members. The following article was published in the College’s journal, Paramedic Insight, on…
The HCPC, or Health and Care Professions Council, is the UK’s second largest health and social care regulator and regulates 350,000 individuals from 16 different professions. Just 6% of HCPC registrants are paramedics and 27%…
I act on behalf of the College of Paramedics and its members. The blog post I want to share here was written by a paramedic who went through the Health & Care Professions Council fitness…
