by admin | Jan 27, 2026 | Fitness to Practise, GMC
The GMC’s publication Deep‑rooted inequalities distort opportunities and weaken healthcare culture highlights a persistent and troubling pattern: ethnic minority doctors and those who qualified outside the UK continue to be disproportionately represented in fitness to...
by admin | Jan 14, 2026 | Fitness to Practise, GDC, GMC, GOsC, GPhC, HCPC, NMC, SWE
A recent High Court judgment in Nurrish v Nursing and Midwifery Council [2026] EWHC 2 (Admin) offers a clear warning to UK healthcare professionals: attending a fitness to practise (FtP) hearing without specialist legal representation can significantly undermine...
by admin | Jan 7, 2026 | Fitness to Practise, GDC, GMC, GOsC, GPhC, HCPC, NMC, SWE
The UK’s fitness to practise landscape in 2025 has been defined by intense scrutiny, structural reform and a renewed focus on fairness, timeliness and public protection. Across regulators, the year has exposed long‑standing tensions in how concerns are investigated,...
by admin | Dec 16, 2025 | Case, Fitness to Practise, GPhC
Stephen’s client, a pharmacist referred to as IK, has successfully avoided the most severe sanction of removal from the register following a professional conduct case before the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC). The matter concluded with only a short...
by admin | Sep 8, 2025 | Fitness to Practise, GMC
The High Court upheld the GMC’s fitness to practise standards for Physician and Anaesthesia Associates, finding its framework rational, despite challenges over scope limits. Anaesthetists United Ltd, joined by the family of Emily Chesterton, brought a judicial review...
by admin | Jun 3, 2025 | Fitness to Practise, GMC
Dr SR, approached Stephen just before their case was to be considered by the Case Examiners. Given the allegations and evidence, there was no prospect of the matter being stopped at that stage, so focus moved quickly to case strategy. It was a complicated matter...
