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, 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...
by admin | Mar 28, 2022 | Fitness to Practise, GMC
The Good Medical Practice (GMP) is the key document in which the GMC sets out your ethical duties as a doctor, and it is used as a benchmark in virtually all tribunal decisions. Is the GMP important? When listing factors that help to determine the seriousness of...
by admin | Mar 28, 2022 | Fitness to Practise, GMC
Doctors can be issued with warnings under certain circumstances but, warnings can carry significant implications for a doctor’s careers. What are your options? GMC Warnings – what are they? Before we consider the implications and how to respond to the threat of a GMC...
