MPTS Mitigating and Aggravating Factors

MPTS Mitigating and Aggravating Factors

MPTS guidance, approved by the GMC, lists mitigating and aggravating factors a tribunal will take in to consideration.  We look at these and their significance when considering fitness to practise and sanctions. A medical practitioner’s tribunal (MPT) will consider...
Understanding GMC rule 7

Understanding GMC rule 7

Kings View Chambers’ joint head of Chambers and leading GMC Defence Barrister, Catherine Stock, represented Dr US.  Before the GMC, she argued successfully that the doctor’s actions did not necessarily warrant a referral to a fitness to practise tribunal, given...