If you are representing a registrant

You may find the information below of assistance when preparing your case or appearing before one of our panels. HPC's Statutory Fitness to Practice Committees have issued a number of practice notes for the guidance of Panels and to assist those appearing before them

	Title	Date	Summary
	Review of Striking Off Orders: New Evidence and A	27/07/2010	This practice note provides guidance to panels on the procedure to be adopted in relation to the admission of new evidence on applications made for review under Article 30(7) of the Health Professions Order 2001	More
	Health Allegations	23/10/2009	This practice note provides guidance to panels on dealing with health issues and the role of a medical assessor	More
	Drafting Fitness to Practise Decisions	23/10/2009	This practice note provides information on drafting decisions and provides examples of conditions of practice	More
	Conviction and Caution Allegations	23/10/2009	This is a new practice note which sets out what factors panels should consider when dealing with allegations where a registrant has been convicted or cautioned for a criminal offence.	More
	Competence and Compellability of Witnesses	23/10/2009	This practice note provides guidance on factors that should be considered when determining whether a witness is competence or compellable.	More
	Barring Allegations	23/10/2009	This practice note provides panels guidance on the factors they should consider in dealing with barring allegations	More
	Allegations and the Standard of Acceptance for Al	01/10/2009	This practice note and accompanying policy document sets out the standard of acceptance for allegations. The documents include detail on the minimum level of information required to proceed with an allegation.	More
	Unrepresented Parties	22/05/2009	This practice note sets out the balance panels must strike and the factors they must consider when deciding to proceed with a hearing in the absence of the registrant concerned.	More
	Self-referrals	22/05/2009	This practice note sets out the procedure for dealing with self-referrals by registrants	More
	Production of Information and Documents and Summo	22/05/2009	This practice note provides guidance on the production of information and documents and the summonsing of witnesses.	More