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The future looks bright – Fitness to Practise beyond Covid

Nov 25, 2020 | Doctor Legal

FollowFollowFollowFollow Whilst there are many things about the virus that is devastating, one positive is that it forced upon healthcare regulators the need to reform, adapt and do so quickly. What this has shown is that fitness to practise regulation does not need...

What is an interim order?

Nov 15, 2020 | Doctor Legal

FollowFollowFollowFollow A NMC statement on a nurse Lucy Letby charged with the murder confirmed that the issue will be given consideration by a virtual interim order hearing later this month. What is an interim order? The murder charge of nurse Lucy Letby, charged...

Decision making and consent – Updated GMC Guidance

Nov 8, 2020 | Doctor Legal

FollowFollowFollowFollow From today (9 November 2020), updated decision making and consent guidance by the General Medical Council (GMC) comes into force for all doctors. Patient consent The updated guidance states: “Consent is a fundamental legal and ethical...

BAME & other factors disproportionately affecting fitness to practise

Oct 30, 2020 | Doctor Legal

FollowFollowFollowFollow Overwhelming evidence supports the fact that BAME healthcare professionals are disproportionately impacted by fitness to practise referrals and proceedings. Last week I reported on a Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) report highlighting that...

GMC v Dr Raied Haris: Sexually “motivated” conduct & Fitness to Practise

Oct 17, 2020 | Doctor Legal

FollowFollowFollowFollow GMC v Dr Raied Haris [2020] EWHC 2518 (Admin) The High Court said the GMC should rethink the way it accuses doctors of sexual motivation during intimate examinations. Brief overview of the case The allegations against Dr Haris arose from his...