Responding to calls from the BMJ for medical professionals to be allowed to prescribe Avastin for the treatment of wet age associated macular degeneration (AMD) Niall Dickson, President of the General Medical Council, said: ‘It is rather wrong to recommend the GMC’s position is uncertain or that it is we who are putting doctors in a difficult position. It is likewise incorrect to indicate our guidance has recently been changed. Our prescribing guidance, which stays unchanged, was provided in January 2013. ‘The crucial aspect here is that our guidance needs to be lawful, and the law on this matter is unquestionable. Doctors can not prescribe an unlicensed medicine on grounds of expense where a licensed product is readily available. This was verified by a ruling in the case of European Commission v Republic of Poland (C-185 …
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Dealing with physicians Working for clients We have released our action plan (pdf) in response to Sir Anthony Hooper’s independent testimonial (pdf) of how we handle grievances about physicians who are whistleblowers. The review recommended that we need to better comprehend the background when an employer refers a medical professional to us, where the medical professional has raised an interest in or about their employer. We are thinking about these suggestions carefully in our action plan, so we can make sure that we deal with the issues about the physician relatively and appropriately. Anthony Omo, the GMC’s Director of Physical fitness to Practice and General Counsel, talks about our response to the Hooper Evaluation and the support readily available for whistleblowers in a new GMC blog post. To view existing and forthcoming hearings see the …
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The wife of a medical professional who made love with an escort in hospital while still worn his scrubs is sticking to him. Sheyl Pemsel has stuck with student anaesthetist Rupert despite the infidelity that occurred when she was pregnant with their 2nd kid, The Sun reported. Dr Pemsel, 32, is facing a medical tribunal following the tryst with companion Leanne Kennedy, 29. Speaking at Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service in Manchester, while still using a wedding event ring, the father-of-two said his GP wife, 40, had been ‘‘ incredibly helpful’. The tribunal heard how the medical professional had actually purchased the call lady to a side space at the Princess Anne Hospital, in Southampton, in December 2013. He invested 40 minutes with the escort asking her to be discreet. MORE: Male wearing balaclava and arme …
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Doctors should notify the DVLA (or DVA in Northern Ireland), if a patient remains to drive against medical suggestions and fails to do this themselves. New draft guidance from the General Medical Council (GMC) emphasises a medical professional’s duty to divulge details to the DVLA or DVA, where the patient has failed to act. The strengthened guidance is part of a public assessment on the GMC’s core guidance on privacy, which intends to offer greater quality for doctors on ways to balance their legal and ethical duties of privacy with their larger public security responsibilities. Feedback from medical professionals is that they frequently feel anxious about being criticised if they disclose info– but the GMC’s guidance is clear that privacy is not outright. Physicians need to disclose i.
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He spent roughly 40 minutes in the room, during which time he participated in sexual activity Paul Wakerley, General Medical Council Trainee anaesthetist Dr Rupert Pemsel, 32, was wearing his medics “& ldquo; scrubs & rdquo; clothing as he revealed the lady into a side space. He had texted her ahead of time, saying: “& ldquo; This is naughty on my part so discretion would be valued.” & rdquo; But partners of the sex employee later contacted him. They demanded money and threatened to reveal information of his 40-minute intermediary to NHS officials unless he paid up. Married father-of-one Pemsel, from Compton, Winchester, Hants, called in authorities, who set up a sting to catch the blackmailers. Two people were jailed and have been imprisoned. But a chat with the detectives involved landed Pemsel in further hot water …
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View our report on roundtable conversations about establishing a National Assistance Service for medical professionals with mental health and dependency issues. In July we held a roundtable occasion with health care specialists and leaders from throughout the UK to talk about among the recommendations in the review (pdf) we commissioned into doctors who took their own lives while under a GMC fitness to practice investigation. The suggestion, which is outside of the GMC’s remit to take forward, had to do with the establishment of a National Assistance Service to supply personal access to health care for physicians with mental health and addiction issues. The discussion over the summer highlighted a number of key concepts for improving services for these physicians. We have assembled a report of the occasion (pdf) which has bee …
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The GMC has introduced a mobile app to assist physicians handle their continuous expert development. The brand-new app ‘GMC My CPD’ enables medical professionals to tape-record their learning activities on the go, at the click of a button. Whether on the way back from a seminar, or when they have received some great advice from a colleague, the app will supply an useful way for medical professionals to keep discovering points. Significantly, it likewise enables them to set a suggestion so the app will ask them at a later date if changes to their practice have been effective. Niall Dickson, President of the General Medical Council, stated. ‘CPD is an integral part of practicing medicine and we very much hope this app will be a beneficial aid for cutting edge medical professionals. We have developed and tested it with practicing professionals– it sh …
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