The General Medical Council, our regulator, has recently appointed a brand-new chief executive officer. It comes with personal healthcare cover (on which the GMC invests nearly ₤ 223 000 a year, as well as over ₤ 25 000 on health checks for the 667 individuals it employs). This is an intriguing consultation. The task description …
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Brand-new power for GMC to appeal tribunal choices From today the General Medical Council has been provided the power to challenge decisions of the tribunals that hear cases against medical professionals who are declared to have breached GMC standards. The modification to the Medical Act suggests the GMC can appeal against tribunal decisions to the …
GMC consultation proposes brand-new time frame for publishing sanctions Brand-new time frame proposed for how long sanctions on a medical professional’s registration are published online or offered to the general public. The General Medical Council (GMC) is proposing to introduce time limits for how long sanctions on a medical professional’s registration are released online or …
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GMC reacts to BMA announcement about further commercial action The British Medical Association has revealed that there will be a further rolling program of commercial action. Reacting to the news, Niall Dickson, Chief Executive of the General Medical Council, said: ‘The decision of the BMA’s management to contact medical professionals in training in England to …
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The High Court has actually ruled that the GMC was wrong to decide to disclose a complete report concerning a GP’s physical fitness to practice to a patient who wanted to file a medical negligence claim. In the recent case, a GP – referred to as Dr DB – went through a fitness-to-practice investigation after a …
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