HPC Disciplinary Hearings

Sorry to confuse you Derek, I meant if a patient had developed an overnight grudge and discovered the HPC system of complaints. It would also help if I got my punctuation in the right place. Shift the comma to after I wonder. Then it may make better sense.

I think I need to join Craig and friends at Felicity's class on better spelling, grammar and punctuation!

GB

 

Hi George

Ahh that's better all becomes clear again

I heard she is doing it as a sideline for CPD at a very reasonable charge !!

How to be pedantic is extra

Cheers
Derek

 

Hi Johnpod

Nice to see someone is taking the problem on board

Cheers
Derek

 

Hi Derek,

If we are not getting the service we should, from our professional bodies, then we should inform them of this.

Regards

Anne

 

If we are not getting the service we should, from our professional bodies, then we should inform them of this.

Or consider a professional body that does represent it members?

 

Hi Anne

Yes of course , but being the insular people we are with a profession to match,

What about the other 12 professions that are governed by this quango ??

Isn't it the duty of our bodies to liaise with them for opinion and ultimate direction ?

We have already been branded as "moaners" by some members of the HPC and as we all know in our daily lives it becomes very easy to " cock a deaf un" as required with this Pt type / group.

If as Craig said this is a "Policy decision" we will need the support of everyone to change it.

Cheers
Derek

 

Ho johnpod

Steady

Cheers
Derek

 

By everyone we need every stakeholder, not just each podiatry stakeholder --- there is probably no doubt that all the professional bodies (ie Society, Alliance, etc) support this potential change --- but they are just one 'stakeholder' and do not count for much (ie the self interest argument) - it does not matter if its a unified front or not.

In order to elicit policy changes, then all stakeholders outside of the professional self interest groups (ie Society, Alliance, etc) need to be on board and support the change. Probably the most important of these are the patient advocacy groups --- personally I do not see them supporting a change away from this 'name and shame before a fair hearing' policy.

So the HPC have to weigh the competing forces - ie the professional self interest groups vs the patient advocacy groups. Do you really see this policy changing no matter how much nosie the podiatry groups make, nor how unified they are? (no matter how bad you and I think the policy is).

So the strategy then has to be to get these groups on board rather than rile at the professional bodies leadership. There are ways to influence policy .... bitching about the current policy is not a good way. .... using the players behind the scenes is the way ....

 

"So the strategy then has to be to get these groups on board rather than rile at the professional bodies leadership. There are ways to influence policy .... bitching about the current policy is not a good way. .... using the players behind the scenes is the way ...."

Craig,

Sorry, I can't find how to insert a quote. It seems to be all of your post or nothing at all!

I totally agree. This is what I was trying to intimate when I said:
"Now that it has, perhaps we should all be working together in a concerted effort to attain proper and fair regulation as soon as possible."

I didn't state it as eloquently as you, but 'bitching' in this way is counter-productive.

We need to channel all of this energy into getting something positive done about the situation. If we are not happy with how our respective professional bodies are handling the situation, then we must make that known to them.

Regards

Anne

 

Anne I worked it out after 12 months!

I wondered also how to do a quote and there is a little speech bubble on the tool bar? (have I got the right terminology)

Highlight the bit you want to quote.. cut and paste it as per normal into your posting. Once it is there highlight and click the speech bubble. It auto wraps the quotes.

GB

 

Craig and George,

Many thanks for your help. I have this 'female thing' with anything electronic! I found the quote button at the bottom of the post, but whatever I was doing wrong, I either got the full text of the previous quote or nothing at all. Will try again.

Regards,

Anne

 

Thanks for getting one technophobe out of yet another fix!

Regards

Anne

 

Hi Craig
Sorry for the delay in the reply ...

I don't think "bitching " is the right terminology the facts of this policy are being highlighted that is all.

My point is the HPC rules 12 other professions besides podiatry.

All have ( as far as I am aware) the same name and shame policy applied to its members by the HPC.

Surly it is not beyond the realms of reason and possibility for ALL of the PROFESSIONS to make a joint approach to the HPC for change.

The only way that could be done effectively would be via the professional bodies.

I do take on board your point on the "behind the scenes" comments and I agree .

Cheers
Derek

 

Perhaps this may reverberate a little more in comparison to the cases cited by Craig previously.

Given that the FTP hearing will be presided over by a panel which may include a professional representative who might or might not be familiar with current orthotic Rx and will predominately rely on subjective evidence from the complainant, this should send a shiver down many practitioners' spine.

(Do I recall a quote recently from Ed Glaser that said something about no pain = no gain?)