Doctors, adverse health and fitness to practise

Doctors, adverse health and fitness to practise

Doctors, adverse health and fitness to practise Doctor’s must manage adverse health or face the prospect a GMC fitness to practise investigation. We consider what doctors should know and what action might be necessary to avoid an investigation and sanction. Doctor’s...
Doctors, adverse health and fitness to practise

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...
Responding to GMC Provisional Enquiries

Responding to GMC Provisional Enquiries

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...