Probity & Ethics

GCC Remediation · Fitness to Practice · CPD UK Accredited & Certified

General Chiropractic Council

GCC remediation courses for Chiropractors facing complaints, fitness to practice investigations and hearings

CPD-Accredited, self-paced online courses for UK Chiropractors responding to GCC complaints, fitness to practice proceedings and regulatory investigations — from a first letter through to a Professional Conduct Committee hearing. Every course is certified by The CPD Certification Service and issues a CPD certificate on completion.

  • CPD-Accredited
  • 28 courses
  • From £49
  • Instant certificate on completion
  • Aligned with the Code of Professional Practice
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The CPD Certification Service, UK

At a glance

Who it is for
Chiropractors facing a GCC complaint, investigation or hearing
Bodies covered
The GCC, which investigates, and the committees that decide
Accreditation
Certified by The CPD Certification Service, Provider No. 13197
Access
Immediate, online, at your own pace
On completion
CPD certificate for your response or CPD record
Price
From £49 per course
6 years of providing ethics, probity and professionalism courses
1,000+ healthcare professionals trained by us
28 courses each certified by The CPD Certification Service

GCC Investigation Guidance

Which GCC remediation courses should you take?

The Core GCC Remediation Set applies to every case, whatever the allegation. Select the type of concern the GCC has raised and you will see those eight courses again alongside the ones that address your concern directly.

Select the concern the GCC has raised

Choose the heading that best matches the wording in your letter. The courses below change to match it.

GCC Ethics & Ethical Conduct Investigation

If the GCC has raised concerns about your ethical decision-making, consent, dignity, candour or moral conduct, these CPD-Accredited courses could address the specific standards in question.

Primary recommended courses 18 the 8 Core Set courses apply to every case — the rest address this concern directly

Further relevant courses 10related areas that often arise alongside this concern

GCC Professionalism, Conduct & Attitude Investigation

If the GCC has raised concerns about your attitude towards patients or colleagues, behaviour, incivility, teamwork or communication, these CPD-Accredited courses could address the specific standards in question.

Primary recommended courses 19 the 8 Core Set courses apply to every case — the rest address this concern directly

Further relevant courses 9related areas that often arise alongside this concern

GCC Probity, Honesty & Financial Integrity Investigation

If the GCC has raised concerns about dishonesty, falsified records or timesheets, qualifications, expenses, theft or misleading an employer or the regulator, these CPD-Accredited courses could address the specific standards in question.

Primary recommended courses 18 the 8 Core Set courses apply to every case — the rest address this concern directly

Further relevant courses 10related areas that often arise alongside this concern

GCC Professional Boundaries & Relationships Investigation

If the GCC has raised concerns about inappropriate relationships, dual roles, gifts, online contact or chaperoning, these CPD-Accredited courses could address the specific standards in question.

Primary recommended courses 18 the 8 Core Set courses apply to every case — the rest address this concern directly

Further relevant courses 10related areas that often arise alongside this concern

GCC Clinical Practice, Competence & Patient Safety Investigation

If the GCC has raised concerns about clinical errors, medication or prescribing incidents, failure to escalate, record-keeping or patient safety, these CPD-Accredited courses could address the specific standards in question.

Primary recommended courses 19 the 8 Core Set courses apply to every case — the rest address this concern directly

Further relevant courses 9related areas that often arise alongside this concern

GCC Fitness to Practice Investigation — General

If you do not yet know how the GCC has categorised the allegation, or you face concerns spanning several areas, start here. This is the broadest cross-section of our CPD-Accredited catalogue.

Primary recommended courses 18 the 8 Core Set courses apply to every case — the rest address this concern directly

Further relevant courses 10related areas that often arise alongside this concern

All 28 CPD-Accredited GCC courses

Every course is certified by The CPD Certification Service, awards CPD hours/points, and issues a CPD certificate on completion. Each one appears as a core or primary recommendation under at least one concern type.

£792.0 CPD hours/points

Ethics and Ethical Standards for Chiropractors

Helps you understand what the Code of Professional Practice expects of you, where the concern is about your judgement, honesty, or conduct towards patients. Supports you in handling it openly and writing the reflection the Investigating Committee or the Professional Conduct Committee will read.

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£792.0 CPD hours/points

Professionalism and Professional Standards for Chiropractors

Helps you see where your conduct, attitude, or behaviour towards patients and colleagues fell short of professional standards, and why that matters to the GCC. Supports you in building the insight and reflection that go into a remediation response.

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£491.5 CPD hours/points

Module on Insight

Insight is assessed in every GCC case, whatever the allegation. Helps you understand what the Investigating Committee or the Professional Conduct Committee actually means by it, shows you how to demonstrate insight rather than assert it, and supports you in putting it in writing before a hearing.

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£491.5 CPD hours/points

Module on Reflection

Helps you write reflection that holds up to scrutiny from the Investigating Committee or the Professional Conduct Committee, analysing what happened rather than simply describing it. Supports you through the difficult feelings that get in the way, which is why most people find this harder than they expect.

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£491.5 CPD hours/points

Module on Remediation

Supports you in building a remediation plan around the concerns actually raised, rather than assembling a stack of certificates. Shows you how to record what you have changed and present that evidence to the GCC.

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£792.0 CPD hours/points

Fitness to Practice for Healthcare Professionals

Walks you through the process you are in: what fitness to practice means, why cases are opened, what happens at each stage, and what to expect if it reaches the Professional Conduct Committee. A sensible first course if the letter you received is the first you have heard of any of this.

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£792.0 CPD hours/points

Ethics for Healthcare Professionals

Helps you look honestly at a decision you made and why you made it, where that is what the concern turns on. Takes you through the situations that most often lead to referrals and supports you in showing what has since changed.

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£992.5 CPD hours/points

Medical Ethics Course

A longer course for cases where several concerns have been raised at once, or where the allegations are serious. Helps you work through difficult decisions in clinical practice and supports you in rebuilding trust with your regulator.

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£992.5 CPD hours/points

Professional Ethics Course

For cases where your honesty, integrity, or accountability in day-to-day practice has been questioned. Helps you see how these lapses usually happen and what they mean for patients and colleagues, and supports you in responding credibly during an investigation.

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£792.0 CPD hours/points

Professionalism for Healthcare Professionals

Some concerns do not fall neatly into one category. Reminds you what professional behaviour requires under real pressure, including fatigue and burnout, and helps you reflect on a lapse in a way the Committee will find credible.

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£792.0 CPD hours/points

Probity for Healthcare Professionals

If your letter uses the word probity, start here. Helps you understand what honesty and integrity mean in records, declarations, and money, and supports you in rebuilding trust through a documented remediation plan.

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£792.0 CPD hours/points

Financial Integrity for Healthcare Professionals

For cases involving money — claims, declarations, undisclosed interests, or financial conduct that has been questioned. Helps you understand how these cases arise and what they mean for your registration, and supports you in responding.

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£792.0 CPD hours/points

Professional Boundaries for Clinicians

Boundary cases are among the most serious the GCC investigates. Helps you see where the lines sit and how they are crossed gradually, often without intent, and supports you in putting credible remediation together.

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£792.0 CPD hours/points

Ethical Boundaries with Patients and Colleagues

For a relationship that became too close, contact outside work, or gifts. Reminds you of the warning signs and why these cases are treated so seriously, and helps you show insight and accountability afterwards.

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£792.0 CPD hours/points

Professionalism & Boundaries in Use of Social Media

Something posted, shared, or messaged online can lead to a referral as readily as anything in the treatment room. Helps you understand where the line falls on patient contact, confidentiality, and public comment, and supports you in showing your conduct has changed.

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£792.0 CPD hours/points

Privacy, Consent, and Chaperone in Healthcare Practice

Consent is among the most common causes of referral. Reminds you what valid consent requires, how it should be recorded, and when a chaperone should be offered, and helps you reflect on a case where any of it was questioned.

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£792.0 CPD hours/points

Ensuring Clinical Competence and Patient Safety

For concerns about your clinical judgement, knowledge, or practice. Helps you work within the limits of your competence, understand how gaps are assessed during an investigation, and show your regulator that competence has been restored.

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£792.0 CPD hours/points

Ensuring Confidentiality in Healthcare Practice

A conversation overheard, records accessed, or something shared that should not have been. Helps you understand when disclosure is lawful and how breaches usually happen, and supports you in remediating one.

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£792.0 CPD hours/points

Duty of Candour in Healthcare Practice

Being open after something goes wrong is a duty, not a courtesy. Reminds you what you must tell a patient and when, helps you apologise properly without admitting liability, and explains why the GCC treats failures of candour so seriously.

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£792.0 CPD hours/points

How to Deal with a Complaint or Investigation

Takes you through being investigated: what happens, in what order, and what is expected of you at each stage through to a hearing. Helps you respond well, build your evidence, and manage the strain of it.

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£792.0 CPD hours/points

How to Avoid a Complaint or Investigation

Helps you recognise the situations that most often lead to complaints, and head them off — communication, boundaries, records, and honesty. Useful to you as remediation evidence, and as ordinary CPD if you have had a near miss.

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Before you write anything

Who decides your case at the GCC

The GCC investigates and the GCC decides. There is no separate tribunal service, as there is for doctors, so the same regulator carries your case from the first letter to the hearing room. Knowing which committee you are in front of, and at which stage, changes what you should be writing and when.

One regulator, from letter to hearing

The General Chiropractic Council was established by the Chiropractors Act 1994 and regulates chiropractors across the whole of the United Kingdom. Unlike doctors, whose cases are decided by a separate tribunal service, chiropractors are investigated and judged within the same body, by different committees of it.

An Investigating Committee, not case examiners

Several regulators hand the first decision to two individual case examiners. The GCC does not. An independent Investigating Committee of chiropractors and lay members reviews all the information and decides, under section 20 of the Act, whether there is a case to answer. It must consider any observations you make to it. That committee is your first and best opportunity to be read.

Read which of the four grounds is alleged

Section 20 frames every allegation as one of four things: conduct falling short of the standard required, professional incompetence, a criminal conviction, or ability to practise seriously impaired by a physical or mental condition. They are not interchangeable, and the one named in your letter tells you what your response has to address.

Two destinations, not one

Where there is a case to answer, it goes to a formal hearing before either the Professional Conduct Committee or the Health Committee. Which one it is tells you what the case is actually about — conduct and competence, or health — and that should shape what you put in writing.

Interim suspension comes earlier than most expect

Where there appears to be an immediate risk to the public, your registration can be suspended before any facts are decided — by the Investigating Committee while it is still investigating, and by the Professional Conduct or Health Committee once a case has been referred. It is protective rather than punitive and is not a finding against you, but it usually arrives with a short deadline. Contact your defence organisation the same day.

The standard changed on 1 January 2026

The Code of Professional Practice was published on 31 December 2024 and came into effect on 1 January 2026, under section 13(4) of the Chiropractors Act 1994. It replaced The Code of 2016. If your conduct predates 2026, the older standards may be the ones in point — check which version your letter is quoting before you answer it.

The register is people, not premises

The GCC registers individual chiropractors. It does not register clinics, premises or businesses, so a complaint follows the person and not the practice. The title itself is protected by criminal law: under section 32(1) of the Act it is an offence for anyone not on the register to describe themselves as a chiropractor. That is also why Companies House asks the GCC for a letter of authorisation before a limited company may use the word in its name.

What does not change

At every stage the same three things are weighed: insight into what happened, reflection set down in your own words, and remediation you can evidence. That is what the Core Set below is built around.

What a course cannot do

No course decides a GCC case, and no provider can promise an outcome. What a dated certificate from an external provider can do is evidence that you acted, and when.

GCC Investigations

Supporting Chiropractors through GCC proceedings

Courses
28, all CPD-certified
Price
£49 to £99 per course
CPD per course
1.5 to 2.5 hours/points
Core set
8 courses, 14.5 CPD hours
Aligned with
Code of Professional Practice
Certificate
Issued on completion, downloadable
Accreditation
The CPD Certification Service, Provider No. 13197
Format
Online, self-paced, instant access
Who they cover
Chiropractors registered with the GCC
GCC CPD year
No revalidation. Each CPD year you produce a personal learning plan, complete at least 30 hours of CPD with 15 or more of it learning with others, address the annual focused reflection topic, and submit a CPD summary.

Facing an investigation by the General Chiropractic Council (GCC) can be one of the most professionally challenging experiences of a Chiropractor's career. Whether you are subject to a fitness to practice inquiry, a complaint about your conduct, or concerns raised about your professional standards, demonstrating active engagement with remediation and professional development is a critical part of your response.

Our courses are purpose-built to help UK Chiropractors respond to GCC concerns. Each course is aligned with the GCC’s Code of Professional Practice, which replaced The Code of 2016 and, together with the GCC’s supplementary guidance for registrants, is what your conduct is assessed against. The regulator publishes its own guidance on the General Chiropractic Council website. Taking proactive steps to address the concern raised — through structured CPD, reflective practice and demonstrable behaviour change — is what the Investigating Committee and the Professional Conduct Committee look for as evidence of insight and genuine remediation.

All courses are CPD-Accredited and certified by The CPD Certification Service (CPD UK). Each course awards CPD hours/points and issues a CPD certificate on completion, which you can include in a remediation portfolio, in a written response to the GCC, or in your revalidation records alongside your own reflection.

Why These Courses

Why CPD-Accredited courses matter for GCC remediation

The GCC expects registrants to demonstrate genuine insight and measurable professional development. Accredited Continuing Professional Development (CPD) is one of the clearest ways to show you have taken your obligations seriously.

Built to support your response

Every course is independently assessed and certified by The CPD Certification Service. The certificate, together with the reflection you write from it, is suitable for inclusion in a remediation portfolio or a written response to the GCC.

Immediately available

Access your course the moment you enrol. No waiting, no scheduling — useful when you need to demonstrate prompt action to the GCC or your indemnity provider.

Aligned to the Code of Professional Practice

Every course is aligned with the Code of Professional Practice, addressing the standards most commonly cited in GCC referrals, fitness to practice proceedings and revalidation portfolios.

The kind of CPD advisers ask for

Indemnity providers and regulatory solicitors routinely advise registrants facing GCC proceedings to undertake structured, certified CPD as part of a remediation plan. We receive recommendations from them, which is not the same as formal endorsement by any organisation.

Certificate on completion

Receive a verifiable CPD certificate for each course completed, to include in a remediation portfolio alongside your own reflection, or to share with your solicitor or indemnity provider.

Expert-developed content

Courses are developed by UK healthcare ethics and regulatory specialists with direct knowledge of GCC standards, the Code of Professional Practice, fitness to practice expectations and remediation best practice.

Life does not always go according to plan.We are here to help…

Author and course facilitator

Dr Shehzad Iqbal, course facilitator at Probity & Ethics

Dr Shehzad Iqbal

Course facilitator and author, Probity & Ethics

Dr Iqbal has designed and delivered ethics, probity and professionalism training for UK healthcare professionals since 2020, working with registrants of all nine UK healthcare regulators, online and face to face. He combines clinical practice with formal postgraduate training in healthcare law and ethics.

MBBS · MRCS · MRCGP · Postgraduate Certificate in Healthcare Law and Ethics, University of Dundee

Written and reviewed by Dr Shehzad Iqbal. Last reviewed .

Key terms

What the GCC means by insight, reflection and remediation

Four terms recur throughout GCC correspondence. They are not interchangeable, and being clear about which one a letter is asking for makes a practical difference to how you respond.

Fitness to practice
Having the skills, knowledge, character and health to practise your profession safely and effectively. The GCC opens a fitness to practice investigation when a concern suggests that one of those may be in question. It is a question about current and future safety, not only about what happened.
Insight
Understanding what went wrong, why it happened, and the effect it had on patients, colleagues and public confidence in the profession. Insight is assessed at almost every stage, whatever the allegation, and it is the element most often described as lacking.
Reflection
Setting that understanding down honestly and in your own words, including what you would do differently and what you have already changed. Reflection is the written record of insight, which is why the two are so often confused.
Remediation
The concrete steps taken so that the same thing does not happen again — training, supervision, changes to how you work — together with evidence that they happened. Insight without remediation is an account; remediation without insight is a certificate.

These descriptions are our summary of how the terms are used in regulatory practice. They are not quotations from the General Chiropractic Council, and they are not legal advice. Your defence organisation or solicitor should advise on your own case.

FAQs

GCC remediation courses: frequently asked questions

Answers to the most common questions from Chiropractors facing GCC proceedings.

Will completing these courses help my GCC case?

Yes. Completing accredited CPD relevant to the concerns raised is one of the most effective steps you can take. The GCC’s Investigating Committee and its Professional Conduct Committee look for evidence of genuine insight, remediation and proactive professional development. A certificate from The CPD Certification Service shows structured, documented learning, and gives your written reflection something concrete to build on. How much weight it carries depends on the circumstances of your case, and no course can guarantee an outcome.

Does the GCC approve or accept these courses?

The GCC does not approve, accredit or endorse courses from any provider, including us, and does not keep an approved list. What our courses give you is independent certification by The CPD Certification Service and a CPD certificate recording what you studied and when. You can include that in a remediation portfolio, a written response, or your CPD summary — and it is the reflection you attach to it that carries the weight.

How quickly can I access a course after purchasing?

Immediately. Access is granted as soon as your payment is confirmed — no waiting period and no scheduling required. If you are facing an imminent GCC deadline or hearing, you can begin your course and obtain a certificate the same day.

Which courses should I choose for my specific GCC investigation?

Start with the Core GCC Remediation Set. These eight courses cover insight, reflection, remediation and rebuilding trust, and are relevant to every case whatever the allegation.

Then use the concern selector to add courses that address your specific issue: ethics and ethical conduct; professionalism, conduct and attitude; probity, honesty and financial integrity; professional boundaries and relationships; or clinical practice, competence and patient safety. If you do not yet know how the GCC has categorised your case, choose Fitness to Practice, or contact us for personalised guidance.

How many CPD hours or points does each course award?

Most courses award 2 CPD hours/points. The three short modules — Insight, Reflection and Remediation — award 1.5 CPD hours/points each. The Medical Ethics Course and the Professional Ethics Course award 2.5 CPD hours/points each. The Core GCC Remediation Set totals 14.5 CPD hours/points across its eight courses.

Do the courses count towards my GCC CPD?

Yes. All courses award verifiable CPD hours/points certified by The CPD Certification Service (CPD UK). There is no revalidation at the GCC. Instead the CPD year runs annually and you must produce a personal learning plan, complete and record at least 30 hours of CPD, of which 15 hours or more must be learning with others, and submit a CPD summary. There is also a focused reflection topic set each year. A certified course and your written reflection on it fit the plan-and-record model directly.

I have received a GCC notification of referral — what should I do first?

Contact your indemnity provider or a specialist healthcare regulatory solicitor immediately. Alongside legal advice, begin demonstrating proactive remediation by enrolling in courses relevant to the concerns raised. Early action signals insight and genuine willingness to improve — both factors the GCC weighs heavily in investigation and Committee hearings.

Can I purchase courses for a colleague or member of my team?

Yes. Clinic owners, principals and practice managers can purchase courses on behalf of registrants. Please see our bulk buy offer or contact us for team and group enrolment options, especially if several Chiropractors need to complete the same course as part of a team-wide remediation programme.

Are these courses suitable if I am not currently under GCC investigation?

Yes. Many Chiropractors take these courses as part of their proactive CPD, annual planning or appraisal evidence, to deepen their understanding of GCC standards and the Code of Professional Practice, or to strengthen areas of practice they feel less confident about. Completing ethics and professionalism CPD is good practice for all registrants, regardless of regulatory proceedings.

Official guidance

Read the GCC’s own guidance

If a complaint has been made about you, read the source material directly as well as anything written about it.

What your conduct is measured against. The GCC’s own page on the Code is explicit: where a chiropractor’s fitness to practise is questioned, “both the Code of Professional Practice and the relevant supplementary guidance will be considered” in assessing whether professional standards were breached. Remediation written against the Code, rather than in general terms, is answering the question actually being asked.

Read it on gcc-uk.org ↗

Probity & Ethics is an independent CPD provider. We are not affiliated with, accredited by, or endorsed by the General Chiropractic Council or any other healthcare regulator.

Other Regulators

Remediation courses for other healthcare regulators

We run equivalent CPD-Accredited remediation courses for professionals regulated by other UK healthcare bodies.

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