- Counselling for healthcare professionals facing fitness to practise cases
- Counselling for healthcare professionals facing fitness to practise cases
Mental health support to deal with fitness to practise
We understand the negative impact that facing fitness to practise proceedings can have on your mental health and wellbeing. Our counsellors are specially trained and experienced in supporting healthcare professionals throughout the FTP process, from the initial referral, right the way through to a panel hearing.
We specifically help clients who are regulated by NMC, HCPC, GDC, GPhC, GOC, GOsC, GCC. If your regulator is not listed then we may still be able to support you.
We’re a not-for-profit and charge £60 per hour. We use a solution-focused model which helps you to cope with the stress and uncertainty of the FTP process, whilst also taking an holistic approach, working with you as an individual to consider all of the areas of your life that are affected by your FTP case.
Call us on 020 3151 3015 for a free confidential discussion or scroll down to find out more about how we work.
Immediate access to low cost counselling
We charge £60 per hour for counselling related to fitness to practise cases, without any waiting lists. We also offer free counselling for clients who instruct us for legal advice and representation.
How to deal with fitness to practise
Facing fitness to practise proceedings is likely to be one of the most stressful experiences in your professional life. Not knowing whether you might eventually be struck off, have interim restrictions on your practice, struggle to find work and pay the bills, all inevitably means that it will have an impact on your personal life and relationships too. There is also the stigma and shame that are often associated with being investigated and having your professionalism called into question. Talking to a professional can help.
Our counsellors have an in-depth understanding of the legal processes involved at each stage of your fitness to practise case, so you can talk to someone who not only understands the technical side of FTP, but who supports you and helps you to develop coping skills and build resilience so that you can face whatever lies ahead.
No waiting lists
When you are already experiencing anxiety and uncertainty because of the FTP process itself, the last thing you need is to be waiting to see a mental health professional. Our counsellors will normally be able to see you within 48 hours of you contacting us and you do not need a referral from your GP.
Legal advice
Our counsellors do not provide legal advice, however, Sequentus was originally established to provide low-cost legal representation for healthcare professionals. And that is exactly what we do. You can either contact our legal team, or ask your counsellor to refer you to one of our specialist FTP lawyers.
About us
We are a not-for-profit organisation established in 2022 to provide affordable legal assistance through a dedicated team of qualified lawyers and trainee lawyers who specialise in healthcare regulation. Our work is part-funded by innovative partnerships with leading UK universities.
As a team mental health has always been important to us, so in 2024 we decided to expand the scope of our services to include counselling for healthcare professionals facing FTP proceedings. Our mental health programme offers standalone access to specialist counselling. We are also pioneering a new multi-disciplinary team (MDT) approach, with lawyers and mental health professionals working together to support any client who needs an holistic approach.
Our fees are kept as low as possible so that we can help as many people as possible and that financial constraints do not need to compromise an individual’s ability to access the legal and mental health support that they need. All of our work is covered by professional indemnity insurance.
Next steps
Contact us for a free initial discussion about your case:
Rafael Dupré
Consultant Psychotherapist – MBACP
Mental Health Lead
raf@sequentus.org
Alternatively you can call us on 020 3151 3015 or scroll down to book a free appointment online.
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We recently defended a healthcare professional facing misconduct charges including dishonesty and intentionally contributing to the death of a patient. During the course of a four-week hearing many of the charges were deemed to be no case to answer and on the remaining charges we secured a caution order as the final outcome.
We were instructed at the last minute to defend a healthcare professional in an interim order hearing relating to sexual misconduct. We successfully challenged the quality of evidence being advanced by the regulator, resulting in no interim order or restrictions being applied.
We provided legal advice and support to a healthcare professional in a case involving alleged misconduct and the death of a patient, with a five week hearing. We represented the client in parts of the substantive hearing of their case, resulting in a finding that their fitness to practise was not impaired.
We recently provided a healthcare professional with legal advice in relation to appealing the sanction in their case.
We recently helped a nurse facing regulatory concerns get her case closed at the screening stage on the basis that the referral was unsubstantiated and the result of bullying in the workplace.
We provided legal advice to a medical student facing allegations of sexual misconduct.
We provided representation for a healthcare professional facing an interim order review following a breach of their conditions of practice.
We provided a healthcare professional with legal advice on appealing the outcome of their case and successfully negotiated for the matter to be remitted back to a fresh panel.
We provided legal advice and representation to a social work student facing misconduct charges and secured a finding of no impairment.
We are pleased to announce that we will be offering our QWE skills training programme from 8 April and 8 July 2025. The programme is designed to help students from non-traditional backgrounds and those who need to gain experience whilst working around existing work, study and family commitments work remotely to secure the experience that is necessary in order to qualify as a solicitor through the SQE route.
We were instructed to review the outcome of a mental health nurse's fitness to practise hearing and provide legal advice and draft the grounds of hear appeal.
We were recently instructed by a pharmacist to represent them at a substantive order review hearing and secured no further order.
Our client was facing allegations of bullying junior members of staff. Following our intervention the case was closed at the screening stage.
From January 2025 we are offering free counselling to all of our professional clients facing professional discipline proceedings.
We were recently instructed by a nurse who decided to change representation part way through her fitness to practise hearing.
We’re registered in England under number 14201467 as a company limited by guarantee and not-for-profit.
We do not undertake reserved legal work as set out in s.12 Legal Services Act 2007.
Practice areas
- Low cost mediation
- NMC fitness to practise lawyers
- HCPC fitness to practise lawyers
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Contact details
- 124 City Road, London, EC1V 2NX
- hello@sequentus.org
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