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A Compassionate Approach to Fitness to Practise Defence

A Compassionate Approach to Fitness to Practise Defence

FollowFollowFollowFollow Investigations are Utterly Traumatic Experiences – Regardless of the Final Outcome The trauma experienced by any healthcare professional facing a fitness to practise investigation cannot be overstated – and the phrase ‘second victim’ is very...
Doctors, adverse health and fitness to practise

Doctors, adverse health and fitness to practise

FollowFollowFollowFollow Doctor’s must manage adverse health or face the prospect of a GMC fitness to practise investigation. We consider what doctors should know and what action might be necessary to avoid an investigation and sanction. What is adverse health? The...
Employer Referrals – What doctors should know

Employer Referrals – What doctors should know

FollowFollowFollowFollow Responsible Officers can make a referral to the GMC if there have been “serious concerns” raised about a doctor’s fitness to practise. Responsible Officers A Responsible Officer (ROs) is a statutory position responsible and accountable for the...
Responding to GMC Provisional Enquiries

Responding to GMC Provisional Enquiries

FollowFollowFollowFollow The GMC’s provisional enquiries identifies cases that should not progress to a full fitness to practise investigation. How should doctors respond? What is a provisional enquiry? Before looking at how doctors should respond, what is General...