Duty of Candour and Fitness to Practise
FollowFollowFollowFollow The duty of candour means healthcare professionals must be honest when something goes wrong and failure to do so can amount to misconduct. What is the duty of candour? All healthcare professionals have a duty of candour – a professional...Doctors practising abroad, GMC registration and fitness to practise
FollowFollowFollowFollow The case of Sastry v General Medical Council has raised important fitness to practise issues for GMC registered doctors who practise abroad. Dr Sastry Dr Sastry was registered under the Medical Act 1983 to practise as a doctor in the UK and...
GMC lower threshold for minor cases that pose no risk to public safety
FollowFollowFollowFollow The GMC has issued revised triaging guidance where doctors are accused of low-level violence or dishonesty outside their professional practice. Rationale The GMC said “Given the wide range of behaviour that can be defined as violent or...
No sanction for doctor MPTS fitness to practise case
FollowFollowFollowFollow Stephen McCaffrey successfully persuade MPTS to impose no sanctions for doctor in case involving allegations of dishonesty, intimidation and threatening behaviour. This was a complex and very serious case involving a senior doctor on the verge...
Restoration to the GMC Register
FollowFollowFollowFollow A doctor’s registration with the GMC might be erased for a number of reasons. In this article, we will look at how a doctor can apply to restore their GMC registration. GMC Registration Doctors who practise medicine in the UK need to hold a...
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