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What is fitness to practise?

This step-by-step guide will help you understand what fitness to practise is and how our process works.

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    An introduction to fitness to practise

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    An introduction to fitness to practise Our fitness to practise aims and objectives Role of employers in managing concerns What types of concerns we consider
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    Screening

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    An introduction to screening Ongoing risk Interim orders
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    Investigations

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    An introduction to investigations Collecting information throughout an investigation What happens once we've finished our investigation
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    An introduction to case examiners and their decisions Advice, Warnings and Undertakings
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    Meetings and hearings

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    Fitness to practise outcomes

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    An introduction to fitness to practise outcomes Other ways that cases can end
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