GMC Defence Barristers Blog
Discussion around the legal issues faced by doctors
Registration Applications to the GMC
The routes to registration with the GMC are varied and will depend on your nationality, qualifications and experience.
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GMC Interim Orders
LinkedIn Twitter The GMC may refer a doctor for an interim orders hearing at the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service [MPTS] at any stage in proceedings. The role of the Interim Orders Tribunal [IOT] is to consider whether the doctor’s registration should be...
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GMC clarifies expectations of newly qualified doctors
The General Medical Council (GMC) has updated its practical skills and procedures list newly qualified doctors.
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GMC to speed up Fitness to Practise decision-making
The GMC has announced plans to introduce steps designed to reduce the number of fitness to practise investigations it carries out.
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Clinical Negligence Scheme for General Practice & revised GMC advice
The GMC has called on Doctors to check their insurance and indemnity cover as the Government launches state-backed Clinical Negligence Scheme for General Practice (CNSGP).
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Training for doctors to report unprofessionalism
The GMC has recently announced that doctors will receive training support to call out unprofessional behaviours from colleagues which can affect patient safety and outcomes.
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Protections for whistleblowing doctors
A renowned Urologist constructively dismissed for whistleblowing says promises of protection for doctors are repeatedly broken.
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Disciplinary Investigation at Work
If someone has made a complaint against you at work, the best thing to do is to stay calm and ask for full details of the complaint.
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GMC publish SAS and LED doctor insight paper
The General Medical Council (GMC) has published an insight paper on the role and contribution of specialty and associate specialists (SAS) and locally employed doctors (LEDs).
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GMC Defence Barristers successfully defend doctor before MPTS
Head of chambers, Stephen McCaffrey and Catherine Stock, have successfully defended a foundation doctor before the GMC’s Fitness to Practise Panel.
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GMC study on effectiveness of regulation published
A recent GMC study has found that public confidence in doctors and the way that doctors are regulated remains high.
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NHS Staff and Learners’ Mental Wellbeing Report
The Health Education England Health and Care Workforce Strategy for England to 2027 – Facing the Facts, Shaping the Future – announced a new Commission on the mental wellbeing of NHS staff and learners.
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NHS Staff Survey 2018 Results
The results of the 2018 NHS staff survey have been published and staff errors “that could have hurt patients” is at a five year high.
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NHS staff to queue-jump mental health support services
The Health Secretary has put forward plans that will see NHS staff’s access to mental health support services being fast-tracked.
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Brexit GMC registrations for foreign doctors
The General Medical Council (GMC) has provided guidance for foreign doctors on the implications of Brexit on their registrations and their ability to continue to work in the UK.
read moreNew Guidance on Reflective Practice for Doctors and Medical Students
The GMC have recently published new guidance aimed at assisting the medical profession to become better reflective practitioners. It provides top tips on reflective practice and the reflective practice tool-kit provides helpful examples. The guidance also emphasises...
read moreDoctors’ Mental Health Crisis
Is there a crisis in the mental health and wellbeing of our doctors? Recent reports about junior doctors in crisis coupled with Professor Appleby’s research on reducing stress for doctors undergoing a GMC investigation, highlights the problem of how best to assist...
read moreInterim Orders
The GMC may refer a doctor for an interim orders hearing at the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service [MPTS] at any stage in proceedings. The role of the Interim Orders Tribunal (IOT) is to consider whether the doctor’s registration should be restricted on an interim...
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