Nov 3, 2019 | Doctor Legal
FollowFollowFollowFollow Figures releases by the General Medical Council (GMC) has shown a 40% increase in the number of referrals to the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service (MPTS) in the last year. The figures released in advance of the GMC’s annual Fitness to...
Sep 27, 2019 | Case Study
FollowFollowFollowFollow GMC Defence Barristers’ lead counsel Stephen McCaffrey achieve yet another case closed for doctor facing multiple allegations of fraudulent dishonesty. The Case At the time of the alleged dishonestly, Dr W worked part-time at an independent...
Sep 27, 2019 | Case Study
FollowFollowFollowFollow GMC Defence Barristers’ lead counsel Stephen McCaffrey has secured no case to answer at the close of the GMC case. Dr C qualified in 2000 and, prior to the events which were the subject of the hearing, Dr C was working as a Locum Sessional GP...
Sep 16, 2019 | Doctor Legal
FollowFollowFollowFollow The General Medical Council (GMC) has published its annual report on whistleblowing disclosures. In 18/19, the GMC received 35 whistleblowing disclosures – an increase on the previous year when 23 concerns were raised. Of the disclosures the...
Sep 5, 2019 | Doctor Legal
FollowFollowFollowFollow R (Kuzmin) v General Medical Council [2019] EWHC 2129 (Admin) The High Court has recently ruled that a GMC tribunal is entitled to draw an adverse inference from a registrant’s refusal to give evidence. In this case Dr Kuzmin appeared before...