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What is the value of legal advice and representation in fitness to practise investigations for doctors?
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Is there real value in legal representation in fitness to practise proceedings for doctors? Do doctors without legal representation face worse outcomes? Do doctors have to engage with the GMC or MPTS, and what are the consequences if they do not?
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