Will regulatory reforms make fitness-to-practise processes swifter and fairer?
• By Susan Hunneyball
Proposals to overhaul the GPhC include changes to the fitness-to-practise (FtP) process – but change is not going to happen overnight, says Susan Hunneyball
"We will have to wait some time to see whether the reforms fulfil the promises made"
The Department of Health and Social Care (DH) has issued a response to its consultation on reforming the regulation of healthcare professionals.
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