by admin | Jul 14, 2025 | GDC, GMC, GOsC, GPhC, HCPC, NMC, SWE
Accepted outcomes will become a new, paper-based route for resolving fitness to practise concerns without a full panel hearing, in what the PSA describes as a “fundamental change” to how regulators handle fitness to practise concerns. Under upcoming legislative...
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...
by admin | May 19, 2025 | GDC, GMC, GOsC, GPhC, HCPC, NMC, SWE
Interim Orders in Professional Regulation: Balancing Safety and Humanity Interim orders are a regulatory tool used during the early stages of a fitness to practise investigation. For healthcare professionals, being subject to an interim order can be a challenging...
by admin | May 5, 2025 | GDC, GMC, GOsC, GPhC, HCPC, NMC, SWE
What is remediation? In the context of fitness to practise, remediation refers to the process by which a professional—often in a healthcare or related regulated field—takes deliberate, demonstrable steps to address concerns that have been raised about their conduct,...
by admin | Apr 23, 2025 | GMC
In a previous post, I reported on the truly tragic case of a consultant anaesthetist with an exemplary professional record who died by suicide after being informed of a General Medical Council (GMC) investigation into his fitness to practise. The investigation was...
by admin | Apr 8, 2025 | GMC
This was the issue in Suresh & Ors v General Medical Council [2025] EWHC 804 (KB) (03 April 2025) in which the Court addressed the GMC’s duty of care and Human Rights Act duties relating to doctors under investigation. In a truly tragic case, this case was brought...
