by Webmaster | Sep 18, 2024 | Doctors Law
The court again highlighted that dishonesty undermines trust in the medical profession, which is crucial for patient safety and public confidence. Ali v The General Medical Council The case Ali v The General Medical Council [2024] EWHC 2272 (Admin) involved Dr. Shah...
by Webmaster | Sep 3, 2024 | Case News, Doctors Law, News
Our client faced a number of allegations but with our representation, their fitness to practise was not found impaired, and they are free to practice without restriction. We worked with this doctor from very early on in the process, successfully persuading GMC case...
by Webmaster | Sep 3, 2024 | News
The General Dental Council (GDC) recently released updated voluntary erasure guidance, where dentists are under investigation for fitness to practise concerns seek to voluntarily remove themselves from the register. We look at the new guidance and what this means for...
by Webmaster | Aug 20, 2024 | Doctors Law, News, Nursing Law
A recent publication by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA) highlights a rise in final decisions involving sexual misconduct and inappropriate behaviour. This type of behaviour is seen as particularly serious by regulators and, more often than not, result in...
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 | Jun 4, 2024 | Nursing Law
A brief overview of the NMC’s fitness to practice investigation process and what nurses can expect if they are subject to a fitness to practice investigation. What the NMC means by Fitness to Practise The Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC) investigates allegations...
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...
