Resources

Study film 1: Improving patient, family and colleague witnesses’ experiences of Fitness to Practise proceedings: A mixed methods study

The project dissemination event took place in London 01/02/24 to an invited audience of members of the public who have been involved in fitness to practice cases as witnesses, from regulators and ombudsmen, employers, lawyers and union officials involved in the fitness to practice processes, and researchers involved in patient safety and managing complaints. We hear from Berry Rose (SWE) Dinah Godfree (PSA), Emma Willis (NMC), Paul Cummins (GPhC ), David Dolan (GMC) Jessie Cunnett (The Point of Care Foundation and public advisor to the team) and from our team- Professor Rosalind Searle and Richard West, a public member of the team with lived experience of involvement in fitness to practise proceedings.

Study film 2: Witness vulnerability

Dr Annie Sorbie talks about a review of how social care regulators define vulnerability as applied to witnesses. Responses are made by David Dolan (GMC) and Emma Willis (NMC).

Study film 3: Two researchers' viewpoints

Two researchers on the team viewpoints give their views about this unique study; Dr Annie Sorbie and Professor Neil Thompson, including the relevance for social work practice.

Healthtalk personal stories

Witness to harm, holding to account on Healthtalk personal stories

OpenLearn course

Our OpenLearn course is for members of the public, health and social care professionals, Fitness to Practise panel members, regulators employees, employers, unions/professional bodies and Fitness to Practise lawyers. It provides insight and understanding about our project findings, how members of the public experience the Fitness to Practise process and how best to support people who are part of the process.

The course is split into five sessions, which include optional activities. The sessions are:

  1. Raising a concern
  2. How do people experience the process of raising a concern?
  3. How do people experience the Fitness to Practise process after raising a concern?
  4. How do people experience the Fitness to Practise hearing?
  5. Research recommendations

If you complete the entire course there is the option to download a completion certificate.

 

The course contains animations that can be used as part of training and development:

Social care animations

These are two animations for people involved in social care. The first is for service users of social care, it explains what fitness to practise is and what they can do to raise a concern with a regulator. The second is for social care and social work registrants, similarly explaining what fitness to practise is and why it is important for registrants to understand it along with how and why to raise a concern with a regulator.

For social care and social work registrants

For social care service users