Nov 25, 2024 | Doctor Legal
FollowFollowFollowFollow Recent news headlines, where failures in the practise of PAs have led to misdiagnosis of patients and catastrophic failures in care, call into question the role of a PA and whether it needs to be revisited. Are they simply a cost-effective way...
Nov 9, 2024 | Doctor Legal
FollowFollowFollowFollow GMC Restoration Erasures that follow an MPTS tribunal are referred to as “disciplinary erasures”, as distinct from administrative or voluntary erasures. If a doctor is erased from the GMC’s Register due to disciplinary reasons, they can apply...
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,...