Mar 27, 2022 | Doctor Legal
FollowFollowFollowFollow GMC’s Fitness to Practise Data The General Medical Council’s (GMC) fitness to practise data shows that the highest number of allegations received by it relates to doctors not acting with honesty and integrity. This has consistently been the...
Mar 13, 2022 | Doctor Legal
FollowFollowFollowFollow Your employer and fitness to practise A range of people and organisations can report a health and care professional to a regulator, including members of the public, employers, managers and other practitioners. In general, employers and...
Feb 26, 2022 | Doctor Legal
FollowFollowFollowFollow Overview Engagement with regulators was a key consideration when considering any aggravating and mitigating factors. Health and care professionals who engage during the fitness to practise process can make a positive difference to the outcome...
Feb 23, 2022 | Case Study, Doctor Legal
FollowFollowFollowFollow GMC Defence Barristers, part of Kings View Chambers, persuade GMC case examiners to recommended undertakings rather than a referral to a Fitness to Practise tribunal. GMC fitness to practise defence barrister, Stephen McCaffrey, said: “This...
Feb 14, 2022 | Case Study, Doctor Legal
FollowFollowFollowFollow Kings View Chambers persuade GMC case examiners to recommended undertakings rather than a referral to a Fitness to Practise tribunal. GMC fitness to practise defence barrister, Stephen McCaffrey, said: “This case demonstrates the benefit of...
Jan 24, 2022 | Case Study, Doctor Legal
FollowFollowFollowFollow Kings View Chambers were successful at GMC Case Examiners [Rule7] stage in securing no case to answer for this doctor. The case involved an issue with an allegation of lack of competence which was accepted and had been fully remediated locally...