Doctors, adverse health and fitness to practise

Doctors, adverse health and fitness to practise

Doctor’s must manage adverse health or face the prospect of a GMC fitness to practise investigation. I consider what doctors should know and what action might be necessary to avoid an investigation and sanction. What is adverse health? The General Medical Council’s...
Employer Referrals – What doctors should know

Employer Referrals – What doctors should know

Responsible Officers can make a referral to the GMC if there have been “serious concerns” raised about a doctor’s fitness to practise. Responsible Officers A Responsible Officer (ROs) is a statutory position responsible and accountable for the local clinical...
Fitness to Practise in Review – 2022

Fitness to Practise in Review – 2022

Racial Bias & Discrimination Sadly, 2022 saw a continuation of regulators struggling with racial bias & discrimination.  Of note, was the recent case of doctor Dr Manjula Arora that forced the General Medical Council to apologise to her and forced to accept...
Fitness to practise & do’s and do not’s of using social media

Responding to GMC Provisional Enquiries

The GMC’s provisional enquiries identifies cases that should not progress to a full fitness to practise investigation. How should doctors respond? What is a provisional enquiry? Before looking at how doctors should respond, what is General Medical Council (GMC)...
Employer Referrals – What doctors should know

Will lessons be learnt from Dr Arora?

Dr Arora treatment by the GMC & MPTS has caused universal anger and outrage.  A review of the case drew strong criticism of the GMC, but will this result on long overdue change? Dr Arora’s Case – In Brief Dr Manjula Arora, a GP in Manchester, was suspended for a...