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"Our aims
We want to make sure that we have processes for dealing with health professionals whose health or disability may affect their fitness to practise. We want to make sure that these processes:
- are open and transparent;
- maintain the standards that we have set;
- protect the public from health professionals whose fitness to practise may be impaired; and
- are fair to the health professionals on our Register and to people who want to become registered."

 

Also: http://www.drc-gb.org/docs/Fitness_Regulatory_Review_Report.doc

 

"The distinction is important because, essentially, there is no duty to make reasonable adjustments in respect of the application of a competence standard and there is a special statutory test, which applies in circumstances where disability related discrimination in the application of a competence standard may be justified. This test is that the application of a competence standard can only justify less favourable treatment if the qualifications body or education provider can show that the standard is (or would be) applied equally to people who do not have the individual's particular disability and that its application is a proportionate means of achieving a legitimate aim. "

 

On 07/06/07, Ian Webb <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

Sorry but is this correct? I am sure that the DRC would take a different view.

Ian

Quoting swift < [log in to unmask]>:

> Dear Brigid,
>
> Fitness to practice (i.e. protection of the public) overrides the DDA.
> However, qualifications bodies should take the DDA into account when
> looking
> at their professional standards.
>
> The Health/Life/Medicine Faculty at my uni takes the view that failure to
> disclose anything which may bring about fitness to practice issues is
> fraud,
> so failure to disclose may result in the student being asked to leave.
>
> >From a student perspective, you will have to prove that you are 'fit to
> practice', so it's much better to start this process as you begin
> university
> (no point in accruing debt for 3 years then finding out that you're unfit
> because you didn't disclose something).  You can't be sent out on placement
> in some subjects without health forms etc. being filled in (and for some
> courses, you need to fill out a health form to even start the course).
> There may also be insurance issues.
>
> The other level that I have found disclosure helpful on as a student, is
> that I can actually explain ( e.g.), 'Sorry, I've just started new
> medication
> which is affecting me like this...so I don't think that I should be trying
> to do x/y/z'; I can do this without feeling a complete nuisance (as on
> non-related A-levels where the response has been, 'you're telling us
> because....?)
>
>
>
> On 07/06/07, Callaghan, Brigid <[log in to unmask] > wrote:
>
> >  Dear all,
> >
> > I am sure you all know a lot about this, but I have recently started
> > working somewhere that offers different types of courses from my previous
> > institution such as teaching and other vocational courses and such.  I do
> > not know much about 'Fit to Practice' issues - how does it sit with the
> > DDA?  Also, one course asks students to fill in a health questionnaire
> and
> > again I wonder how this fits with the DDA. Apologies for my ignorance -
> can
> > anyone help?
> >
> > Brigid
> >
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Ian Webb
Disability Adviser/Assessor
MNADP