GMC consultation on updated personal beliefs guidance
FollowFollowFollowFollow The General Medical Council (GMC) has opened a three-month consultation on revised guidance governing how clinicians manage personal beliefs in clinical practice, marking the first substantive overhaul since 2013. The draft Personal beliefs...
Court of Appeal clarifies how tribunals should apply sanctions guidance in fitness to practise cases
FollowFollowFollowFollow The Court of Appeal’s judgment in General Medical Council v Gilbert & Anor [2026] EWCA Civ 53 provides important clarification for doctors on how the GMC’s Sanctions Guidance should be applied in fitness to practise proceedings,...
Allegations found not proven for doctor facing extremely serious allegations
FollowFollowFollowFollow We represented a doctor before the MPTS on extremely serious allegations, with the Tribunal finding none proved. Our client, Dr Z, faced allegations of the utmost seriousness. The GMC sought erasure from the medical register if allegations...
Excessive fitness to practise referrals leave UK health professionals under growing strain
FollowFollowFollowFollow Across the UK’s health and care sector, concern is growing about the excessive and unnecessary use of fitness to practise (FtP) referrals by employers, with evidence from multiple regulators showing that a substantial proportion of referrals...
Fitness to practise inequalities affecting ethnic minority and non‑UK qualified doctor
FollowFollowFollowFollow The GMC’s publication Deep‑rooted inequalities distort opportunities and weaken healthcare culture highlights a persistent and troubling pattern: ethnic minority doctors and those who qualified outside the UK continue to be disproportionately...
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