Dear Ms Adshead

Thank you for your email dated 12 February 2018, in which you ask for
information regarding fitness to practise cases against Hearing Aid
Dispensers.

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 your request, 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 FR05524.

Yours sincerely

Maxine Pryce

Information Governance Officer

Health and Care Professions Council

Park House, 184 Kennington Park Road

London SE11 4BU

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Our Ref. FR05524

Dear Ms Adshead

Thank you for your email dated 12 February 2018, in which you ask for
information regarding fitness to practise cases against Hearing Aid
Dispensers.

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

Please find below our response to your questions.

1.    How many allegations have been made against Hearing Aid Dispensers
in the last three years?

This information is contained within the fitness to practise (FTP) annual
reports, which is available in the Publications section of our website.

2.    How many of these allegations made it to the hearing stage?

This information is contained within the FTP annual reports, which is
available in the Publications section of our website.

3.    How many of these allegations were supported by BSHAA with
'evidence', 'statements' or information against the dispenser?

For the last three years we have reported on i.e. 2014/15, 2015/16,
2016/17 we have identified three cases that were “supported” by the BSHAA.
Please note that one of these cases related to three registrants but the
cases for two of them were not created until after 1 April 2017 so were
not captured in the 2016/17 FTP annual report.

4.    How many of these hearing aid dispensers were not BSHAA members?

Of the three cases identified above, only one of these related to a person
who was not a BSHAA member.

If we are to consider all the cases for Hearing Aid Dispensers (HAD) in
the last three reporting years, this information is not readily captured
as registrants are not required to inform us of their membership with
BSHAA.

We have reviewed all the cases and identified only one case where we know
that the registrant was not a member of BSHAA. Eleven cases were
identified where we were able to identify that the registrant was a member
of BSHAA. We were unable to identify whether or not the registrant was a
member of BSHAA in the remaining cases.

5. The outcomes of these hearings?

This information is contained within the FTP annual reports, which is
available in the Publications section of our website.

Internal review

If you are unhappy with the way your request for information has been
handled, you can request a review by writing to:

Secretariat Department

Health and Care Professions Council

Park House

184 Kennington Park Road

London

SE11 4BU

Email: [1][email address]

If you remain dissatisfied with the handling of your request or complaint,
you have the right to appeal to the Information Commissioner at:

The Information Commissioner’s Office

Wycliffe House

Water Lane

Wilmslow

Cheshire

SK0 5AF

Telephone: 0303 123 1113  Website: [2]www.ico.org.uk

There is no charge for making an appeal.

Yours sincerely

Freedom of Information

Health and Care Professions Council

Park House, 184 Kennington Park Road

London SE11 4BU

[3]www.hcpc-uk.org

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