UKREMT Governance

Fitness to Practise

Maintaining public confidence, professional standards and safe emergency medical practice.

UKREMT maintains a Fitness to Practise process to review concerns about the conduct, competence, honesty, professionalism or suitability of registered members. The process is designed to protect the public, support good practice, and maintain confidence in the UK Register of Emergency Medical Teams.

What Fitness to Practise Means

Fitness to practise means that a registered member has the appropriate conduct, competence, character, health, judgement and professional behaviour to practise safely and responsibly within their declared role, scope and level of registration.

UKREMT may review concerns where a registrant's actions, omissions, behaviour or professional conduct may call their suitability for continued registration into question.

Raising a Concern

Concerns may be raised by members of the public, patients, employers, event organisers, colleagues, clinical leads, education providers or other relevant parties.

A concern should include:

  • The name of the registrant, if known
  • The UKREMT PIN, if known
  • A clear description of the concern
  • Relevant dates, locations and context
  • Any supporting documents, records, screenshots or witness details
  • The name and contact details of the person raising the concern

Concerns UKREMT May Consider

The following are examples of the types of concern that UKREMT may consider under its Fitness to Practise process. This list is not exhaustive.

Serious clinical concerns or unsafe practice
Dishonest, misleading or fraudulent behaviour
False claims about qualifications, experience or registration status
Serious breaches of professional standards or the EMT Code
Inappropriate behaviour towards patients, colleagues or the public
Poor record keeping where this creates risk to patients or others
Misuse of titles, credentials or registration details
Failure to cooperate with reasonable governance enquiries
Relevant criminal convictions, cautions or safeguarding concerns
Conduct that may bring UKREMT or the emergency medical profession into disrepute

What Happens After a Concern is Raised

01

Initial Review

UKREMT reviews whether the concern falls within the remit of the register and whether further information is required before proceeding.

02

Information Gathering

UKREMT may request records, statements, employer information, training evidence or other relevant material from appropriate parties.

03

Registrant Response

Where appropriate, the registrant will be given a fair opportunity to respond to the concern and provide any relevant evidence.

04

Review / Panel Consideration

The matter may be considered under the relevant UKREMT Fitness to Practise process, which may include a panel review.

05

Outcome

Possible outcomes may include no further action, advice, warning, conditions on registration, suspension, removal from the register, or another proportionate governance action.

Each case will be considered on its own facts. UKREMT will aim to act fairly, proportionately and in accordance with its published policies.

Documents and Forms

Fitness to Practise Concern Form

Use this form to formally submit a concern about a registered member.

The UKREMT Code

The professional standards code that all UKREMT registrants are expected to uphold.

Fitness to Practise Policy

The full UKREMT Fitness to Practise Procedure document.

UKREMT Clinical Record Keeping

2026 UKREMT guidance on safe, clear and defensible pre-hospital clinical records.

Appeals / Review Guidance

Guidance on the appeals and review process following a Fitness to Practise outcome.

Fitness to Practise Outcomes

Where appropriate, UKREMT may publish anonymised or redacted summaries of Fitness to Practise outcomes to support transparency, public confidence and professional standards.

Contact

Fitness to Practise Enquiries

ftp@ukremt.org
Urgent safeguarding or immediate risk: Where a concern involves an immediate risk of harm, it should also be escalated without delay to the relevant employer, event organiser, safeguarding lead, statutory regulator, police or emergency services as appropriate. Do not rely solely on UKREMT processes where there is an urgent risk.

Important notice: UKREMT registration is voluntary and non-statutory. UKREMT does not replace statutory professional registration where such registration is legally required, including but not limited to registration with the HCPC, GMC or NMC. Inclusion on the UKREMT register does not remove the responsibility of employers, contractors, event organisers or clinical governance leads to complete their own due diligence, credential checks, DBS checks, scope of practice review and clinical governance processes. UKREMT registration alone does not authorise clinical practice.