Oct 30, 2020 | Doctor Legal
FollowFollowFollowFollow Overwhelming evidence supports the fact that BAME healthcare professionals are disproportionately impacted by fitness to practise referrals and proceedings. Last week I reported on a Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) report highlighting that...
Oct 17, 2020 | Doctor Legal
FollowFollowFollowFollow GMC v Dr Raied Haris [2020] EWHC 2518 (Admin) The High Court said the GMC should rethink the way it accuses doctors of sexual motivation during intimate examinations. Brief overview of the case The allegations against Dr Haris arose from his...
Oct 11, 2020 | Doctor Legal
FollowFollowFollowFollow In May this year, the General Medical Council GMC) announced plans to bring Physician Associates & Anaesthesia Associates in to its regulatory scope. In September, the GMC announced its transitionary arrangements for Physician Associates...
Oct 11, 2020 | Case Study, Doctor Legal
FollowFollowFollowFollow Kings View Chambers have successfully appealed against the refusal of DH’s entry to medical school. Universities have many different policies in place which are often not up to date or fit for purpose and even where universities who do have...
Sep 27, 2020 | Doctor Legal
FollowFollowFollowFollow The UK’s healthcare regulators have published their annual whistleblowing report the 12 months from April 2019 to March 2020. Whistleblowing in Healthcare Regulation Whistleblowing is the term used when someone who works for an employer raises...
Sep 20, 2020 | Doctor Legal
FollowFollowFollowFollow The GMC has issued new guidance for decision makers in determining how to assess the overall risk to public protection (including patient safety, public confidence and upholding professional standards) posed by a doctor in relation to...