by Webmaster | Nov 18, 2025 | Doctors Law
The General Medical Council (GMC) has launched a consultation on updated guidance for doctors, physician associates (PAs), and anaesthesia associates (AAs) regarding their professional duty to raise and act on concerns about patient safety. This marks the first major...
by Webmaster | Nov 5, 2025 | Doctors Law, Fitness to Practise, Nursing Law
When healthcare professionals appear before fitness to practise panels, their level of insight often plays a central role in determining both current impairment and sanction. Panels expect registrants to reflect on the concerns raised, understand their implications,...
by Webmaster | Oct 7, 2025 | Doctors Law
The Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service (MPTS) has published revised tribunal guidance that will come into effect on 24 November 2025. This update, the MPTS said, introduces “clearer decision-making frameworks for panels assessing allegations in fitness to...
by Webmaster | Sep 8, 2025 | Doctors Law, Fitness to Practise
The High Court upheld the GMC’s fitness to practise standards for Physician and Anaesthesia Associates, finding its framework rational, despite challenges over scope limits. Anaesthetists United Ltd, joined by the family of Emily Chesterton, brought a judicial review...
by Webmaster | Aug 27, 2025 | Case News, Doctors Law, Fitness to Practise
A doctor has received a formal warning following a fitness to practise investigation, avoiding more serious regulatory action after a drink driving incident. Following expert legal advice, Amar undertook all recommended assessments and completed appropriate remedial...
by Webmaster | Aug 27, 2025 | Doctors Law, News
A doctor has successfully defended their professional standing following a full fitness to practise hearing before the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service (MPTS). The case involved multiple allegations and required meticulous preparation, strategic legal input, and...
by Webmaster | Aug 10, 2025 | Case News, Doctors Law
A doctor facing potential erasure from the medical register has successfully navigated the General Medical Council’s (GMC) fitness to practise process following representation by Kings View Chambers. The doctor had been suspended from practice after being convicted of...
by Webmaster | Aug 10, 2025 | Fitness to Practise, Nursing Law
A recently qualified nurse has successfully secured registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) following expert legal advice and representation from Kings View Chambers. Initially refused registration due to concerns surrounding dishonesty, the nurse...
by Webmaster | Jul 30, 2025 | Doctors Law, Fitness to Practise, Nursing Law
Fitness to practise investigations play a critical role in ensuring that healthcare professionals in the UK meet the standards required to deliver safe and effective care. However, when these investigations extend over many months or even years, they can inflict...
by Webmaster | Jul 14, 2025 | Fitness to Practise, Nursing Law
Accepted outcomes will become a new, paper-based route for resolving fitness to practise concerns without a full panel hearing in what the Professional Standards Authority for Health and Social Care (PSA) describes as “fundamental changes to how regulators...
