by admin | Mar 28, 2022 | Fitness to Practise, GMC
You should expect to be referred to the GMC Unfortunately, doctors in the UK should treat investigations by the GMC as an ‘occupational hazard’. If you are a doctor working in the UK, you should expect to be the subject of a GMC complaint at some point in your...
by admin | Mar 28, 2022 | Fitness to Practise, GDC, GMC, GOsC, GPhC, HCPC, NMC, SWE
Healthcare regulators take a particularly serious view of breaching professional boundaries. What are personal boundaries and how to avoid the pitfalls. What are personal boundaries? The nature of the patient/carer relationship is such that healthcare professionals...
by admin | Mar 28, 2022 | Fitness to Practise, GMC
General Medical Council (GMC) Performance Assessments are carried out to assess a doctor’s professional performance to obtain an independent opinion on their fitness to practise. Are Performance Assessments a fair system, and what are appeal options available to...
by admin | Mar 28, 2022 | Fitness to Practise, GPhC
Since July 2020, the GPhC has taken enforcement action against 36 pharmacy premises and a pharmacy professional following intelligence-led inspections or investigations relating to unusually high sales of codeine linctus. Codeine linctus, classified as a Pharmacy (P)...
by admin | Mar 28, 2022 | Fitness to Practise, GMC
If you are a doctor working in the UK, you should expect to be the subject of a GMC complaint at some point in your career, however most doctors who approach us for legal advice and support have little insight into this process and are ill-prepared for this extremely...
by admin | Mar 28, 2022 | Fitness to Practise, GMC
It is technically possible to make it through a GMC investigation and MPTS hearing without legal representation. However a specialist medical regulatory law barrister will offer you the benefit of their objectivity, training, experience and knowledge – likely saving...
