High Court ruling highlights risks of facing fitness to practise hearings alone
FollowFollowFollowFollow A recent High Court judgment in Nurrish v Nursing and Midwifery Council [2026] EWHC 2 (Admin) offers a clear warning to UK healthcare professionals: attending a fitness to practise (FtP) hearing without specialist legal representation can...
2025 Fitness to Practise in Review: Key trends shaping UK regulation
FollowFollowFollowFollow The UK’s fitness to practise landscape in 2025 has been defined by intense scrutiny, structural reform and a renewed focus on fairness, timeliness and public protection. Across regulators, the year has exposed long‑standing tensions in how...
Sexual misconduct, remediation and fitness to practise: lessons from Sadiq v GMC
FollowFollowFollowFollow The General Medical Council (GMC) has launched a consultation on updated guidance for doctors, physician associates (PAs), and anaesthesia associates (AAs) regarding their professional duty to raise and act on concerns about patient safety....
The GMC’s new guidance on raising patient safety concerns: implications for doctors’ fitness to practise
FollowFollowFollowFollow The General Medical Council (GMC) has launched a consultation on updated guidance for doctors, physician associates (PAs), and anaesthesia associates (AAs) regarding their professional duty to raise and act on concerns about patient safety....
Assessing insight when a registrant denies allegations in fitness to practise proceedings
FollowFollowFollowFollow The Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service (MPTS) has published revised tribunal guidance that will come into effect on 24 November 2025. This update, the MPTS said, introduces “clearer decision-making frameworks for panels assessing...
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