Regulation of Health and Social Care Professionals Consultation

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(22) Licentiate in medicine and surgery (23) Bachelor of medicine (24) Surgeon (25) General practitioner (26) Apothecary (27) Titles implying GMC registration GENERAL OPTICAL COUNCIL (28) Optometrist (29) Dispensing optician GENERAL OSTEOPATHIC COUNCIL (30) Osteopath (31) Osteopathic practitioner (32) Osteopathic physician (33) Osteopathist (34) Any other kind of osteopath GENERAL PHARMACEUTICAL COUNCIL (35) Pharmacist (36) Pharmacy technician GENERAL SOCIAL CARE COUNCIL (37) Social worker HEALTH PROFESSIONS COUNCIL (38) Art psychotherapist (39) Art therapist 254
(40) Drama therapist (41) Music therapist (42) Biomedical scientist (43) Chiropodist (44) Podiatrist (45) Clinical scientist (46) Dietician (47) Occupational therapist (48) Operating department practitioner (49) Orthoptist (50) Paramedic (51) Physiotherapist (52) Physical therapist (53) Practitioner psychologist (54) Registered psychologist (55) Clinical psychologist (56) Educational psychologist (57) Forensic psychologist (58) Occupational psychologist (59) Sport and exercise psychologist (60) Health psychologist (61) Counselling psychologist (62) Prosthetist (63) Orthotist (64) Radiographer (65) Diagnostic radiographer (66) Therapeutic radiographer (67) Speech and language therapist 255
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Law Commission Scottish Law Commiss
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CODE OF PRACTICE ON CONSULTATION Th
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The default powers of the Privy Cou
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Review hearings 187 Should regulato
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FOREWORD BY THE CHAIRMEN OF THE LAW
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TABLE OF ABBREVIATIONS CHRE Council
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approval imposes burdens on the Dep
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1.14 Second, recent times have witn
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constrain the costs of the current
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1.26 The regulation of social care
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1.34 We will be undertaking a wide
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on several occasions. 4 2.3 There a
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workers), some are largely self-emp
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(2) to guarantee minimum procedural
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(8) the instrument is scrutinised b
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subject to scrutiny by the Joint Co
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PUBLIC CONSULTATION 2.37 Consultati
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(1) that which is binding (such as
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2.54 The role of the Privy Council
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Parliament”. 34 It is likely that
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(1) a report on the exercise of its
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earlier in this Part, Orders in Cou
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2.87 But the retention of section 6
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safety and well-being of the public
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Provisional Proposal 2-18: The Gove
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2.119 But we also consider it impor
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PART 3 MAIN DUTY AND GENERAL FUNCTI
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asset”. 10 The courts have also r
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practise is impaired. Thus, in maki
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interests of its members. Under our
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3.36 In our view, the need for gene
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PART 4 GOVERNANCE 4.1 All of the re
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egulators would be placed directly
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powers to investigate and intervene
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4.30 A regulator not included in ta
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Education and training 4.39 Most co
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must be lay or that there should be
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4.57 The General Medical Council ha
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4.66 Moreover, it is not evident th
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PART 5 REGISTERS 5.1 A key statutor
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5.9 However, the significance of re
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5.18 In effect, statutory powers wo
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5.25 Finally, a small number of the
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Voluntary registers 5.33 Our provis
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Council may register a person (or g
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through negligence on the part of a
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5.61 We propose that the statute sh
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communicated, which have no formal
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the statute should impose the same
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5.90 In some cases, the right to ap
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not complied with continuing profes
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could be made to provide better inf
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and provide links to information ab
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which practitioners have undertaken
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the Government in its guidance to d
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eing met by the local education pro
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6.13 Second, our legal framework wo
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Medical Council must satisfy the re
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6.31 The Health Professions Council
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(1) which qualifications are approv
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6.48 Finally, there are a number of
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Good Medical Practice which covers
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and other optical appliances, such
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6.72 We also believe that the new l
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looked at in detail only when conce
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professionals to remain registered
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Misconduct 7.6 Most of the governin
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(1) an order under section 246(2) o
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THE FITNESS TO PRACTISE FINDINGS 7.
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Option 2: consolidation of the exis
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(a) has in the past acted and/or is
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that many of the regulators have de
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PART 8 FITNESS TO PRACTISE: INVESTI
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language is not English. 7 However,
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of working around their legislative
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8.22 Some of the regulators, such a
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undertake this task, for example, i
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Assessments 8.37 Most regulators ha
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(1) an Investigation Committee whic
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THRESHOLD TEST 8.52 Having undertak
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egulators accept undertakings given
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hearings or other safeguards, espec
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epeated. Second, following an inves
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Provisional view 8.84 The current p
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PART 9 FITNESS TO PRACTISE: ADJUDIC
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of the individual circumstances of
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practise process to be considered i
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to set up and the new arrangements
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oversee their Panel appointment pro
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the regulators to ensure that Panel
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9.50 For most regulators the fitnes
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enable the regulators to deliver ma
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(3) a private hearing is necessary
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Question 9-16: Should the statute p
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and final sanction”. 63 We theref
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Question 9-22: Should the statute g
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found to be unfit to practise. 73 W
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accountable, consistent, transparen
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above. The Council for Healthcare R
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Provisional Proposal 9-32: The stat
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that the sanction is clearly inappr
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away from self-regulation in health
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may appoint employees and has a wid
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Provisional Proposal 10-3: Appointm
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general functions should be retaine
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the imposition of a relevant sancti
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independence of the new Medical Pra
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