Jan 27, 2025 | Doctor Legal
FollowFollowFollowFollow A number of recent cases, where doctors were sanctioned by the GMC, has raised questions about the regulator’s stance on the issue of doctors taking part in climate protests. Is the GMC’s stance justified and what should doctors know when...
Nov 25, 2024 | Doctor Legal
FollowFollowFollowFollow Recent news headlines, where failures in the practise of PAs have led to misdiagnosis of patients and catastrophic failures in care, call into question the role of a PA and whether it needs to be revisited. Are they simply a cost-effective way...
Nov 9, 2024 | Doctor Legal
FollowFollowFollowFollow GMC Restoration Erasures that follow an MPTS tribunal are referred to as “disciplinary erasures”, as distinct from administrative or voluntary erasures. If a doctor is erased from the GMC’s Register due to disciplinary reasons, they can apply...
Oct 28, 2024 | Doctor Legal
Seek Legal Advice It’s crucial to get expert legal advice early. Fitness to practise investigations are a trial in all but name – complex, formal and adversarial. For this reason alone, health and care professionals should seek legal advice. However, this is by no...
Oct 13, 2024 | Doctor Legal
FollowFollowFollowFollow Sexual misconduct in doctors refers to any uninvited or unwelcome behaviour of a sexual nature that offends, embarrasses, harms, humiliates, or intimidates an individual or group. This can include inappropriate comments, touching, harassment,...