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GMC clarifies expectations of newly qualified doctors

GMC clarifies expectations of newly qualified doctors

Apr 30, 2019 | Doctor Legal

FollowFollowFollowFollow eral Medical Council (GMC) has updated its practical skills and procedures list newly qualified doctors.  The list, that sets out what procedures newly qualified doctors need to be able to demonstrate when they finish medical school, was...
GMC to speed up Fitness to Practise decision-making

GMC to speed up Fitness to Practise decision-making

Apr 21, 2019 | Doctor Legal

FollowFollowFollowFollow The GMC has announced plans to introduce steps designed to reduce the number of fitness to practise investigations it carries out. The announcement follows a two-year pilot looking at cases of one-off mistakes by doctors. Prior to the pilot,...
GMC to speed up Fitness to Practise decision-making

Training for doctors to report unprofessionalism

Apr 7, 2019 | Doctor Legal

FollowFollowFollowFollow In a previous article, I wrote about the protections for whistleblowing doctors. Article: Protections for whistleblowing doctors Following on from this, the GMC has recently announced that doctors will receive training support to call out...
Protections for whistleblowing doctors

Protections for whistleblowing doctors

Mar 31, 2019 | Doctor Legal

FollowFollowFollowFollow A renowned Urologist constructively dismissed for whistleblowing says promises of protection for doctors are repeatedly broken.  Dr Peter Duffy, University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust’s Doctor of the Year, said there has...