Carl Johnson

Professional discipline is the process by which regulators and professional bodies take action against the registration of their members. A regulator may commence an investigation for a variety of reasons including deficient performance, allegations of...

The Professional Standards Authority for Health and Social Care (PSA) has released detailed guidance for health and social care regulators on conducting fitness to practise hearings during the Covid-19 pandemic. The PSA oversees regulators such as the ...

Sexual misconduct in health and social care is, thankfully, a rare occurrence. In a small minority of cases however, professionals can seriously breach physical or sexual boundaries with their patients or colleagues. Not only can such cases have a...

On 25th March, in response threat posed by COVID-19, the Chief Dental Officer for England announced that all routine, non-urgent dental care should be stopped and deferred until further notice. This caused significant concern within the profession and left...

Carl Johnson, partner and head of the regulatory department at Stephensons, outlines what we can expect to see in the field of Solicitors Regulation Authority enforcement during the 2020. 2019 was a significant year for the regulation of...

Carl Johnson, partner and head of the regulatory department at Stephensons, outlines what we can expect to see in the field of Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) enforcement during 2020. 2019 was a significant year for the regulation of...

With the United Kingdom due to leave the European Union on 29th March 2019 and no deal presently in place to govern the transition period which is due run to 31st December 2020, firms and regulated persons should ensure that they have contingencies in...

Corporate crime analysis: Reviewing changes to fitness to practise procedures, Carl Johnson, partner at Stephensons Solicitors, suggests that granting a statutory footing to the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service (MPTS) appears to be a continuation of a...

The Professional Standards Authority for Health and Social Care (PSA) is the regulatory body which overseas statutory healthcare regulators and voluntary accredited registers. The PSA has recently published its performance review of healthcare regulation for...

The Football Association has proposed new robust and wide-ranging restrictions on betting within football. The proposed regulations would come into force at the beginning of the 2014-15 season and would see players, coaches, managers and other individuals...

The Department of Health has set out proposals for every breast implant operation in England to be recorded on a new register. This follows the recommendation of Sir Bruce Keogh following the scandal surrounding breast implants manufactured by the French...

Last week an operating department practitioner (ODP) faced disciplinary proceedings before the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) for misconduct after taking to Twitter to vent frustrations with his employer and his profession. The nature of his...

By October 2013, all nurses and midwives will be required to hold a policy of professional indemnity insurance in order to be registered with the Nursing & Midwifery Council . This is the result of a European Union Directive requiring all healthcare...