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COVID-19 advice for students

We have opened a temporary register for final year students who have completed their placement learning

Managing stress

We all respond differently to pressure or demands that we find difficult to cope with, or situations that we don’t have much control over

Wellbeing resources

We signpost you to some of the resources that exist to help you maintain your wellbeing and good mental health during this COVID-19 pandemic.

My COVID-19 story – Nick Groom

Nick is a paramedic and Teaching Fellow at Oxford Brookes University

My COVID-19 story - Recently Qualified ODP

'As much as the situation is crazy and almost worthy of an apocalypse film, I feel lucky I can go to work every day and mix with friends and colleagues. It keeps some sense of normality day to day.'

My COVID-19 story – Beth Abbiss

Beth is a Speech and Language Therapist currently working for North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation trust.

My COVID-19 story - Kairen Cullen

Kairen Cullen is a HCPC registered Educational Psychologist. 

Updating your knowledge and skills

If you have not practised for two years or more, you must complete either 30 or 60 days of updating (depending on how long you have been out of practice)

Failure to provide adequate care

Case study: A paramedic self-referred with an allegation that he carried out inadequate assessments.

Failure to maintain adequate records

Case study: An occupational therapist’s employer raised concerns relating to their clinical practice and conduct, following a number of incidents relating to nine different cases.

Failure to provide adequate care

Case study: A professional body raised a concern that a biomedical scientist had acted beyond her scope of practise.

Driving under the influence of alcohol

Case study: A podiatrist self-referred following a conviction for driving under the influence of alcohol.

Dishonesty by falsifying time sheet and travel expense claims

Case study: The NHS Counter Fraud Unit of the local NHS Trust raised concerns about a physiotherapist. On numerous occasions, the registrant submitted timesheets and claimed payments for hours they did not work.

Dishonesty – fraud

Case study: An employer raised concerns about an operating department practitioner’s (ODP) conviction of fraud. For this conviction, she was sentenced to 18-months imprisonment and suspended for 24 months.

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