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Plain-English answers on the rules that apply to a private allied health practice in the UK - and the standard each one rests on.
ComplianceDo I Have to Publish My Fees to PHIN?
Yes, and it is not voluntary. A binding CMA order requires it, the GMC treats it as a professional duty, and the CMA has escalated enforcement.
CMA Private Healthcare Market Investigation Order 20149 min read
CompliancePrivate Prescribing: FP10PCD and the Prescriber Number You Need
Prescribing Schedule 2 or 3 controlled drugs privately in England needs form FP10PCD and a six-digit NHS private prescriber number, or pharmacies should not dispense. How to get both.
Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2001 · NHS prescription forms9 min read
ComplianceDo I Need CQC Registration to Practise as a Private GP?
The consulting room exception depends on a performers list. Leave the NHS entirely and you lose it, and CQC registration, without changing anything clinically.
Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 20149 min read
ComplianceRevalidation as a Fully Private GP: What If You Have No Designated Body?
Leave the NHS entirely and you may have no responsible officer at all. There are three routes to revalidate, and getting it wrong can cost your licence.
Medical Profession (Responsible Officers) Regulations 201010 min read
CompliancePOM-A and POM-S Annotations: What Podiatrists Can Administer and Supply
Two HCPC annotations with different scopes. HCPC does not publish the medicines lists, so here they are, with the mixing rule that catches people out.
Human Medicines Regulations 2012 · HCPC annotations9 min read
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Can Police or a Court Demand Your Therapy Notes?
There is no therapist-client privilege in English law. But a police request is not an order, and a 2026 statutory code presumes such requests are unjustified.
Victim Information Requests Code of Practice10 min read
ComplianceControlled Drug Storage in a Private Clinic: What the Law Actually Requires
The famous CD cabinet specification covers five kinds of premises, and private clinics are not one. What does bind you, and why to buy the cabinet anyway.
Misuse of Drugs (Safe Custody) Regulations 1973 · Misuse of Drugs Regulations 20019 min read
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FGM Mandatory Reporting: The Duty That Applies to You as a Physiotherapist
HCPC registrants are caught by the statutory FGM reporting duty. It is personal, it cannot be delegated, and failing it is a fitness to practise matter.
FGM Act 2003 s.5B · Serious Crime Act 20159 min read
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What Happens If a Patient Complains About Me to the HCPC?
Most HCPC fitness to practise cases close without a hearing. The real 2024-25 funnel numbers, the timescales, and what to do the day a letter arrives.
HCPC Fitness to Practise10 min read
ComplianceIRMER Rules for X-rays in a Chiropractic Clinic
Chiropractors taking X-rays are excepted from CQC registration, yet CQC enforces IRMER 2017 against them. What the four duty holder roles require of you.
IRMER 2017 · HSCA 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regs 201411 min read
ComplianceDo I Need CQC Registration for a Private Gynaecology Clinic?
For most private gynaecologists the answer is yes, and the reason is the diagnostic work rather than the consultation. What the 2014 Regulations actually say.
Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 201410 min read
CompliancePrepaid Care Plans: What the New FCA Rules Mean for Your Clinic
Since 15 July 2026 the FCA regulates buy now pay later. A clinic running its own pay-monthly plan stays exempt. A third-party provider changes that.
FCA Policy Statement PS26/19 min read
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