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GMC referrals to MPTS up by 40%

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...
GMC Defence Barristers achieve “case closed” decision in GMC case

GMC Defence Barristers secures no case to answer in GMC case

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...
Refusal to give evidence and inference in GMC FtP cases

Refusal to give evidence and inference in GMC FtP cases

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...