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Dear Health and Care Professions Council,

According to the information sources from your website, it mentions that Ftp follows civil law.

How much of the civil Law proceeding do you follow?
Do you have any rules on proceedings including investigation? How to you balance the judgement of probability in cases were it is one registrants word against another? How do you decide which party is right or wrong.?

Do you have any rules or procedures in relation to incorrect allegations prior to investigation committee panel,? And if the allegations is incorrect and the registrant denies the allegations stating incorrect does this automatically mean they will go to a full hearing? And if they denied stating the reason way, ie the real allegations, would this be used against them, and new charges brought

Yours faithfully,

champ christen

FOI, Health and Care Professions Council

Dear Champ Christen

 

Thank you for your email of 20 September 2019, in which you ask for
information in relation to civil law proceedings in fitness to practise
cases.

 

We are treating this as a request under the Freedom of Information Act
2000 (FOIA).

 

We will deal with your request as promptly as possible and at the latest,
within 20 working days of receiving it, as required by the FOIA. If you
have any queries about your request please do contact us using this email
address, or the address below.

 

The reference number for your request is FR06395.

 

Kind regards

 

Freedom of Information

 

Health and Care Professions Council

Park House, 184 - 186 Kennington Park Road

London SE11 4BU

[1]www.hcpc-uk.org

 

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FOI, Health and Care Professions Council

Our Ref. FR06395

 

 

Dear Champ Christen

 

Thank you for your email of 20 September 2019, in which you ask for
information in relation to civil law proceedings in fitness to practise
cases.

 

Your request has been handled under the Freedom of Information Act 2000
(FOIA).

 

Our response to your questions is in the order they appear in your email.

 

Fitness to practice proceedings follow the civil law that applies to them
with very few exceptions. It is the case that our decisions are
occasionally the subject of judicial review.

 

The standard of proof in fitness to practise proceedings is the civil
standard, i.e. the balance of probabilities. Our [1]consolidated practice
note is one of the sources of rules that Health and Care Professions
Council (HCPC) practice committees have regard to when weighing up
evidence.

 

The key practice notes that are considered at Investigating Committee
Panel meetings are ‘ “Case to Answer” Determinations’ and ‘Finding that
Fitness to Practise’ is impaired. However, these practice notes are not
the only source of rules governing Investigating Committee Panel meetings.
Section 26 of the [2]Health and Social Work Professions Order 2001 is the
primary statute that governs proceedings. In addition to which, the
[3]Health and Care Professions Council (Investigating Committee)
(Procedure) Rules 2003 provide a further source of instruction.

 

Our legislation and rules can be accessed at [4]HCPTS.  

 

It is a matter for a panel of the HCPC how they construe a registrant’s
denial of an allegation. As a consequence, we cannot comment on the
scenarios that you have outlined in your email.

 

Thank you for your interest in our fitness to practise process.

 

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Health and Care Professions Council

Park House

184 - 186 Kennington Park Road

London

SE11 4BU

 

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Cheshire

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Email: [6][email address]                                

 

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Kind regards

 

Freedom of Information

 

Health and Care Professions Council

Park House, 184 – 186 Kennington Park Road

London SE11 4BU

[7]www.hcpc-uk.org 

 

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taryn taylor (Account suspended) left an annotation ()

Being very EVASIVE as is standard practice! Are the assessors proficient in the cases that they are assessing ? Do they hold numerous qualifications across the broad spectrum of disabilities, to confirm their comments on reports are accurate?. Are they covered by a "PUBLIC LIABILITY INSURANCE"??? Or does one have to take the HCPC to court?

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