Fitness to practise

The PSA’s Performance Review Report 2013/14 was published on 27 June 2014 and can be read in full here.

Overall the PSA found that the GDC is meeting its statutory requirements.

The GDC is pleased that it has met all the Standards of Good Regulation for standards and guidance and education and training but recognises that it is not acceptable to have failed to meet six standards in Fitness to Practise (FtP) and two in registration.

The huge increase in complaints that the GDC continues to experience (110 per cent over the last three years) has put additional strains on the GDC’s delivery and resources.  Key measures aimed at tackling the problems include considerable extra investment with new casework teams already in place, alongside a clear focus on management of performance.

Chief executive and registrar of the GDC, Evlynne Gilvarry said:

“We regard failure to meet the PSA’s standards as entirely unacceptable and all our efforts are focused on tackling the problems.  We have increased resources to deal with the continuing surge in caseload and made other key changes to improve the performance of our teams.”