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The Council may assess a doctor’s performance at any time, in response to a concern raised by, for example:
- a patient
- a colleague
- the Health and Disability Commissioner (HDC).
In conducting a performance assessment the Council considers whether:
- “the health practitioner’s practice of the profession meets the required standard of competence” (section 36(5) HPCAA).
A performance assessment may recommend that a doctor undertake an educational programme to address any weakness in their practice. Performance assessments are not public information, unless they lead to restrictions, conditions or suspension of a doctor’s practice.
If Council has reason to believe that a doctor may pose a risk of serious harm to the public it has a legal requirement to notify:
- the Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC)
- the Director-General of Health
- the HDC
- any person or organisation who the Council knows is the employer of the doctor.
Note: Performance assessments are separate from the professional conduct process (previously known as the complaints process) and are separate from disciplinary tribunal hearings held by the Health Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal (HPDT).
Please email performance@mcnz.org.nz for further information about the performance assessment process. |