Take our fitness to practise quiz

Take our fitness to practise quiz

Take our fitness to practise quiz What is the value of legal advice and representation in fitness to practise investigations for doctors?  Take our quiz to find out! Is there real value in legal representation in fitness to practise proceedings for doctors? Do doctors...
Doctor avoids erasure sanction

Doctor avoids erasure sanction

Doctor avoids erasure sanction Where the GMC (or MPTS) deems there to be evidence of impaired fitness to practise, they will go on to assess whether the doctor poses a risk to public protection that requires action on the part of the GMC (or MPTS). A look at the...
What the GMC means by Fitness to Practise – Posing a Risk to Public Protection

The GMC will be legally represented – you should too!

The GMC will be legally represented – you should too! At numerous stages in the GMC’s fitness to practise investigation process, the GMC will be legally represented by an experienced solicitor or barrister.  Legal representation is therefore essential for doctors. At...
What the GMC means by Fitness to Practise – Posing a Risk to Public Protection

The GMC’s “Realistic Prospect Test” & why it matters

The GMC’s “Realistic Prospect Test” & why it matters The “realistic prospect” test will apply to both the factual allegations and the question whether, if established, the facts would demonstrate that the practitioner’s fitness to practise is impaired to a degree...