{"id":14315,"date":"2013-11-06T16:00:20","date_gmt":"2013-11-06T16:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bant.org.uk\/?page_id=180"},"modified":"2013-11-06T16:00:20","modified_gmt":"2013-11-06T16:00:20","slug":"complaints-and-disciplinary-procedure-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bant.org.uk\/complaints-and-disciplinary-procedure-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Complaints and Disciplinary Procedure"},"content":{"rendered":"

What happens if I have a complaint raised against me?<\/strong><\/p>\n

If a client decides to raise a complaint against a BANT member in relation to a one-to-one nutritional therapy consultation<\/strong>, they will be directed via the BANT website to your registrant body, the CNHC.<\/p>\n

Your client may have informed you that they intend to raise a complaint and once they have, you will be informed about the complaint by your registered body either by phone call, email or letter.\u00a0 It may be that the first you are aware of a complaint is when you are informed about this by your registered body.<\/p>\n

Your registered body will explain their complaints procedure to you.\u00a0 The CNHC complaints process can be found here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

If a complaint is raised against you, you are advised to immediately inform the BANT Professional Practice Panel (PPP) at\u00a0bantpractice@bant.org.uk<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

The role of the PPP during the investigation into the complaint by the registered body, is to support you in all aspects of the investigation, specifically regarding your response to the complaint.<\/p>\n

Once the review of the complaint has been concluded by your registrant body, and assuming a fitness-to-practice issue has not been upheld, the PPP will review with you the sections of the BANT Professional Practice Handbook which you may have fallen short of, or not adhered to, and are relevant to the complaint raised.<\/p>\n

The PPP will discuss with you how to incorporate the necessary changes into your practice to align yourself with the BANT Professional Practice Handbook and BANT\u2019s ethos, to avoid further complaints of a similar nature in the future.<\/p>\n

Complaints of any other nature<\/strong>,<\/strong> outside of the one-to-one, client – nutritional therapist relationship, will be reviewed directly by the BANT PPP.\u00a0 If a member of the public or another practitioner wishes to make a complaint against you which does not relate to a one-to-one nutritional therapy consultation, they will need to complete the BANT Complaints Form<\/a>, and submit it with any relevant supporting documentation to the PPP at bantpractice@bant.org.uk<\/a>. \u00a0On receipt of the form, the PPP will first establish whether there is potentially a compliant to uphold, and if so, will communicate this decision in writing to you, to BANT Council and to the complainant.<\/p>\n

The details of the complaint will then be discussed by the PPP via email or at a regularly planned PPP meeting.\u00a0 If additional information is required from you, then the PPP will request this to be sent within 16 days of receipt of the request.<\/p>\n

The PPP will assess the nature of the complaint and discuss the appropriate course of action to be taken. The PPP will also notify you by email as soon as possible after a conclusion has been reached.<\/p>\n

Types of actions to be taken include:<\/p>\n