Fitness to Practise for Councils/Boards

This Fitness to Practise training programme for Professional Regulators covers the following topics:

• The A to Z of the complaints process under the governing legislation,
• Understanding the meaning of “acting in the public interest”,
• The statutory role of Council/Boards in the complaints process,
• The statutory role and responsibilities of the screening Committee and Committee of Inquiry,
• The grounds of complaint,
• The implication of the Supreme Court’s judgment in Corbally v Medical Council 2015,
• Understanding what serious means in the context of complaints,
• Dealing with cases that may warrant an application to the High Court for an immediate suspension of registration,
•  What does prima facie mean in the context of the screening stage of the complaint?
• Dealing with non prima facie findings by the screening Committee,
• Dealing with cases involving indictable convictions,
• Determining sanctions to be imposed when there are findings at an inquiry,
• What happens at sanction hearings,
• The importance of guidance and conditions banks,
• The right to appeal to the High Court,
• Sanction confirmation hearings in the High Court,
• Notification and publication under the governing legislation,
• Relevant legal judgments and updates.