What is fitness to practise?

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

You can view our Fitness to Practise flowchart. This flowchart describes the different stages of our process.

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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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Case examiners and their decisions
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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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An introduction to meetings and hearings People who attend a hearing
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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