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Terms of reference of the Professional Performance Panel
The Professional Performance Panel, chaired by the College President, deals with professional performance and pathology service issues. Membership comprises: the President and other elected College Officers; the Director of Professional Standards; a lay member and any co-options needed to provide a sufficient range of professional representation.
The terms of reference are as follows:
- to offer advice on all aspects of individual professional performance, service reviews and opinions on professional probity to Council, the President and the Professional Standards Unit
- on behalf of Council, to provide practical advice on appropriate responses to cases of alleged substandard professional performance
- to oversee the selection of trained reviewers to assess cases of alleged poor performance or to conduct service reviews
- to consider reports when completed by reviewers
- where appropriate and if necessary, to provide advice about appropriate remedial action and its outcomes.
Membership of the Panel
Membership of the Professional Performance Panel comprises the Executive Committee plus necessary co-options. The current membership is as follows:
Peter Furness (Chair – President RCPath)
Paola Domizio (Registrar)
Danielle Freedman (Clinical Biochemistry)
Richard Herriot (Immunology)
Suzannah Lishman (Assistant Registrar)
Elizabeth Livingston (Lay Adviser)
Archie Prentice (VP - Haematology)
Lance Sandle (Director of Professional Standards)
Mike Wells (Histopathology)
Jo Whittaker (Genetics)
Tim Wreghitt (VP – Clinical Virology)
In Attendance:
Alastair Scotland (NCAS – Observer)
Stella Macaskill
Shane Johns
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