by Webmaster | Aug 4, 2024 | Doctors Law
If the General Medical Council’s (GMC) receives complaints or evidence that a doctor’s fitness to practise may be impaired as a result of a physical or mental health issue (also referred to as “adverse health”), it has the power to direct the doctor to undertake a...
by Webmaster | Jul 9, 2024 | Doctors Law, Nursing Law
When faced with a fitness to practise investigation, should health care professionals “wait and see” or does constructive engagement make a difference to the outcome of a fitness to practise investigation? Health care regulators will investigate allegations of...
by Webmaster | Jun 25, 2024 | Doctors Law
The way a doctor responds to a fitness to practice concern can influence the outcome of their investigation. The right response can lead to less severe sanctions or, in some cases, no sanctions being imposed. We look specifically at insight and...
by Webmaster | Jun 19, 2024 | Doctors Law
Honesty is at the heart of medical professionalism and is essential for the public to have trust in particularly doctors. Dishonesty is particularly problematic for the General Medical Council (GMC) because it points to character flaws that are difficult to remediate...
by Webmaster | May 29, 2024 | Doctors Law
Where the GMC (or MPTS) deems there to be evidence of impaired fitness to practise, they will go on to assess whether the doctor poses a risk to public protection that requires action on the part of the GMC (or MPTS). A look at the criteria the GMC & MPTS decision...
by Webmaster | May 14, 2024 | Doctors Law
At numerous stages in the GMC’s fitness to practise investigation process, the GMC will be legally represented by an experienced solicitor or barrister. Legal representation is therefore essential for doctors. At various stages of the General Medical Council’s (GMC)...
