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Rayner my parade! The importance of specialist advice.
Jemma Brimblecombe
24 March 2016
Case Update: The Court of Appeal reaffirms the approach to be taken by Panels in deciding whether to proceed in the absence of a Registrant
General Medical Council v Adeogba; General Medical Council v Visvardis
[2016] EWCA Civ 162
6 January 2016
GMC rethink required on anonymous complaints
Doctors are right to be concerned about the statistics showing the number of anonymous complaints that result in the launch of GMC disciplinary investigations. It is not the investigation of anonymous complaints per se that is contentious from my point of view (as the GMC points out, a complaint should not automatically be dismissed because the identity of the complainant is unknown). My beef is more that such complaints are not presently dealt with in a wholly different way to complaints made by an identifiable complainant.
This article was first published via Pulse on 5 January 2016. (subscription required)
10 September 2015
The correct approach to the GMC considering complaints over 5 years’ old
A recent court decision has confirmed that no allegation against a medical practitioner should proceed further if more than five-years have elapsed since the actual date upon which the most recent events giving rise to the allegation took place, except where the General Medical Council considers it is in the public interest to do so.
6 July 2015
The end of the duty of candour double standard?
When things go wrong in healthcare, should the duty of candour owed by providers to patients differ depending on whether the care was provided within a primary or secondary setting? Or whether the patient received care from the public or private sector? A single duty of candour should apply consistently across the healthcare service. Unfortunately, the duty of candour is currently triggered by two different thresholds depending upon who provides care to the patient.
14 April 2015
Fitness to practice - all change for the GMC regime?
What does the future hold for the General Medical Council's (GMC) fitness to practice regime? Julie Norris, partner at Kingsley Napley, comments on proposals for reform and says the efficacy and impact of the new measures will remain unknown for some time.
This article first appeared on LexisPSL Corporate Crime in April 2015.