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Keeping the peace at Christmas – top tips for shared parenting over the festive season
Lauren Evans
17 April 2015
Case Update: GMC appeal - Is dishonesty less serious if the motive and/or gain is not immediately apparent?
Alam v GMC [2015] EWHC 854 (QB)
Before Mr Justice Morgan
Background
Dr A lodged an appeal against a decision of the Fitness to Practise Panel (the Panel) of the Medical Practitioners’ Tribunal Service of the GMC pursuant to section 40 of the Medical Act 1983 that her name be erased from the medical register. Dr A’s ground for appeal was that the Panel’s determination was wrong (CPR 52.11 (3)(a)).
The Panel sat for 31 days, at the culmination of which they determined that Dr A’s fitness to practise was impaired by reason of misconduct.
31 March 2015
Case Update: Committee’s findings on dishonesty quashed on the basis that the practitioner had no reason to lie in relation to a peripheral issue in the case
Radeke v General Dental Council [2015] EWHC 778 (Admin)
Dr R, a Consultant in Oral Surgery, was employed by King’s College Hospital. In 2012 a patient treated by Dr R died subsequent to surgery. Thereafter Dr R was investigated in relation to three cases.
19 January 2015
Case Update: NMC’s failure to draft charges that sufficiently reflect the gravity of Registrant’s conduct led to serious procedural irregularity
Professional Standards Authority for Health and Social Care (PSA) v Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC), Duncan Gerald Macleod, [2014] EWHC 4354 (Admin).
On 22 April 2011 the Registrant witnessed Nurse X goading a vulnerable mental health patient, Patient A. He then saw Nurse X place Patient A in a headlock in contravention of appropriate restraint procedures. As a result of Nurse X’s actions, Patient A struck Nurse X with a hairbrush and caused a laceration above Nurse X’s eye. Nurse X went to Accident and Emergency for treatment and on her return completed a Serious Incident Report (SIR) in respect of Patient A’s assault on her.
5 January 2015
Bullying and undermining are too common in medical training, according to the General Medical Council
The GMC uses national training surveys to capture data and ensure that medical education and training across the United Kingdom (UK) is adhering to and delivering the standards it expects.
27 November 2014
Doctors' quick guide to the Duty of Candour
New regulations come into force today designed to fundamentally change the way that NHS bodies act after a notifiable safety incident (NSI). Implemented following a Francis Inquiry recommendation, the new duty of candour is central to the government’s vision of a new NHS culture of openness, support and a commitment to learn from mistakes.
