Health and social care professionals accused of misconduct or poor performance may face a public fitness-to-practise hearing for the first time from today. A State regulator has been given authority to issue sanctions and investigate complaints against a range of registered professionals, including social workers, speech and language therapists, dieticians, radiographers and radiation therapists. Any person can make a complaint to Coru, the regulator for health and social care professionals in Ireland for an event which occurred since December 31st, 2014. Fitness-to-practise hearings will be similar to those held for other professionals such as doctors, pharmacists and nurses and will examine a person’s ability to practise both their job and profession. The potential sanctions range from formal censure to prohibiting a registered professional from practising.
Posted on: Wed, 21 Jan 2015 11:06:28 +0000