Jul 9, 2024 | Doctor Legal
FollowFollowFollowFollow When faced with a fitness to practise investigation, should health care professionals “wait and see” or does constructive engagement make a difference to the outcome of a fitness to practise investigation? Health care regulators will...
Jun 25, 2024 | Doctor Legal
FollowFollowFollowFollow The way a doctor responds to a fitness to practice concern can influence the outcome of their investigation. The right response can lead to less severe sanctions or, in some cases, no sanctions being imposed. We look...
Jun 19, 2024 | Doctor Legal
FollowFollowFollowFollow Honesty is at the heart of medical professionalism and is essential for the public to have trust in particularly doctors. Dishonesty is particularly problematic for the General Medical Council (GMC) because it points to character flaws that...
May 29, 2024 | Doctor Legal
FollowFollowFollowFollow Where the GMC (or MPTS) deems there to be evidence of impaired fitness to practise, they will go on to assess whether the doctor poses a risk to public protection that requires action on the part of the GMC (or MPTS). A look at the criteria...
May 14, 2024 | Doctor Legal
FollowFollowFollowFollow At numerous stages in the GMC’s fitness to practise investigation process, the GMC will be legally represented by an experienced solicitor or barrister. Legal representation is therefore essential for doctors. At various stages of the General...
May 8, 2024 | Doctor Legal
FollowFollowFollowFollow What is the Realistic Prospect Test? The “realistic prospect” test will apply to both the factual allegations and the question whether, if established, the facts would demonstrate that the practitioner’s fitness to practise is impaired to a...