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...
by admin | Mar 11, 2025 | GMC
Under what circumstances should a fitness to practise tribunal be required to set out its assessment of the general credibility and reliability of each witness’ evidence? To what the extent of the forensic analysis and reasoning required for making such...
by admin | Feb 26, 2025 | Case, Fitness to Practise, GMC
My client, a doctor, able to practice unrestricted after a fitness to practise tribunal made a finding of no impairment. My client, K, approached Kings View Chambers at a very early stage in proceedings following allegations of a professional boundaries issue with a...
by admin | Jan 27, 2025 | GMC
A number of recent cases, where doctors were sanctioned by the GMC, has raised questions about the regulator’s stance on the issue of doctors taking part in climate protests. Is the GMC’s stance justified and what should doctors know when they consider taking part in...
by admin | Nov 26, 2024 | GMC
Recent news headlines, where failures in the practise of PAs have led to misdiagnosis of patients and catastrophic failures in care, call into question the role of a PA and whether it needs to be revisited. Are they simply a cost-effective way of helping to provide a...
