Dear Richard Longwood

Thank you for your email of 4 August 2022, in which you ask for
information regarding HCPC registrants employed by the Northern Ireland
Ambulance Service HSC Trust.

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.

The reference number for your request is FR07638.

Kind regards

Freedom of Information

Health and Care Professions Council

Park House, 184 - 186 Kennington Park Road, London SE11 4BU

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Our Ref. FR07638

Dear Robert Smyth

Thank you for your email of 4 August 2022, in which you ask for
information regarding HCPC registrants employed by the Northern Ireland
Ambulance Service HSC Trust.

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

Please find below our response to your questions.

1, How many of your registrants are currently employed my the Northern
Ireland ambulance service HSC Trust? ( NIAS)

2 How many of these registrants are currently practicing with
restrictions?

3 If any, how many of these registrants are practicing with restrictions
imposed by the HCPC?

4 If any, how many if these registrants are practicing under restrictions
imposed by the Northern Ireland Ambulance Service HSC Trust

The HCPC does not hold the above information you have requested. This is
because it is not a mandatory requirement for registrants to inform us
where they are employed.

5 In each of the of the calender years:2018, 2019 2020, 2021 and 2022 how
many referrals has the HCPC received for registrants employed at NIAS.
Please break this done as to how the registrant was referred, eg self,
employer , public etc

6 what were the outcomes of the referrals?

The below table shows data extracted from our case management system.
However please note, we don’t hold employer data for all cases in
reportable format, therefore the below data may not be complete. To
provide you with complete data would require that we conduct a manual
review of fitness to practise cases received in each of the calendar years
within the scope of your request. This would exceed the appropriate cost
limit under Section 12 of the FOIA, that being £450. Staff time can be
charged at £25 per hour, this equates to 18 hours before the limit is met.

Case outcome by year Referrer type No. of cases
2018   5
Case Closed - Threshold not met Anonymous 1
Case going to Final Hearing Anonymous 1
Case going to Final Hearing Self-referral 1
On Hold - awaiting further information Self-referral 2
2019   2
Case Closed - No Case to Answer Self-referral 1
Case Closed - No Case to Answer Patient/Service User 1
2020   4
Case closed - Threshold not met Member of public 2
Case closed - Threshold not met Other 1
Case Closed - No Case to Answer Self-referral 1
2021   2
Case closed - Threshold not met Member of public 1
Case Closed - No Case to Answer Self-referral 1
Grand Total   13

Internal review

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

Governance Department

Health and Care Professions Council

Park House

184 - 186 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

SK9 5AF

Telephone: 0303 123 1113

Website: [2]www.ico.org.uk

There is no charge for making an appeal.

Kind regards

Freedom of Information

Health and Care Professions Council

Park House, 184 - 186 Kennington Park Road, London SE11 4BU

[3]www.hcpc-uk.org

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