Oct 28, 2024 | Doctor Legal
Seek Legal Advice It’s crucial to get expert legal advice early. Fitness to practise investigations are a trial in all but name – complex, formal and adversarial. For this reason alone, health and care professionals should seek legal advice. However, this is by no...
Oct 13, 2024 | Doctor Legal
FollowFollowFollowFollow Sexual misconduct in doctors refers to any uninvited or unwelcome behaviour of a sexual nature that offends, embarrasses, harms, humiliates, or intimidates an individual or group. This can include inappropriate comments, touching, harassment,...
Sep 18, 2024 | Doctor Legal
FollowFollowFollowFollow The court again highlighted that dishonesty undermines trust in the medical profession, which is crucial for patient safety and public confidence. Ali v The General Medical Council The case Ali v The General Medical Council [2024] EWHC 2272...
Sep 3, 2024 | Case Study, Doctor Legal
FollowFollowFollowFollow Our client faced a number of allegations but with our representation, their fitness to practise was not found impaired, and they are free to practice without restriction. We worked with this doctor from very early on in the process,...
Aug 20, 2024 | Doctor Legal
FollowFollowFollowFollow A recent publication by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA) highlights a rise in final decisions involving sexual misconduct and inappropriate behaviour. This type of behaviour is seen as particularly serious by regulators and, more...
Aug 4, 2024 | Doctor Legal
FollowFollowFollowFollow If the General Medical Council’s (GMC) receives complaints or evidence that a doctor’s fitness to practise may be impaired as a result of a physical or mental health issue (also referred to as “adverse health”), it has the power to direct the...