B5 Standards and FtP

Question 1

what does the GPhC control?

Answer 1

• entry to, retention of and departure from the register
• responsible for assuring the integrity of the register
• provide assurance on behaviours, knowledge and skills of those registered

Question 2

what is the GPhC?

Answer 2

regulator

Question 3

who is the GPhC overseen by? who else do they oversee and what do they do?

Answer 3

• Professional Standards Authority (PSA) for Health and Social Care
• regulates all the individual regulators
• check the processes are all effective and fair in their judgements (they can intervene in certain decisions)

Question 4

what are the 3 statutory committees? what do they do?

Answer 4

• Investigating Committee
• Fitness to Practise Committee
• Appeals Committee
• carry out regulatory functions of the GPhC

Question 5

what are the sanctions available for individual practitioners in FtP?

Answer 5

• advice
• warning
• impose conditions (up to 3 years)
• suspension from the register (up to 12 months)
• removal from the register (struck off)

Question 6

what is an interim order? why may one be necessary?

Answer 6

an urgent order to suspend a registrant if:
- necessary for the protection of members of the public
- otherwise in the public interest
- in the interests of the registrant

• maximum of 18 months
• must be reviewed within 6 months or earlier if requested

Question 7

if an appeal is made to a FtP decision, what court will it go to?

Answer 7

• Civil courts, not Criminal court