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Kingsley Napley’s Medical Negligence Team ‘walks together’ with the Dame Vera Lynn Children’s Charity
Sharon Burkill
17 March 2016
Case update: Doctor successfully applies to quash a decision of the Assistant Registrar of the General Medical Council (GMC) to review a decision made by the Investigating Committee not to impose a warning
R (on the application of Goldsmith) v General Medical Council
[2015] EWHC 3991 (Admin)
Judgement date: 8 December 2015
The Claimant in this matter, Dr Goldsmith (‘G’) applied for Judicial Review and sought to quash a decision of the Assistant Registrar of the General Medical Council (‘GMC’) taken in December 2014 to review a decision of the Investigating Committee (IC) dated 22 November 2013 not to impose a warning.
10 March 2016
Case summary: Social workers loses on appeal after displaying patent dishonesty in contravention of the standards expected of a registered health and social care professional
Falodi v Health and Care Professions Council [2016] EWHC 328 (Admin)
The Appellant, a social worker, regulated by the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) appealed against the decision of the Conduct and Competence Committee Panel (the Panel), of 1 October 2015, that her fitness to practise as a social worker was impaired by reason of her misconduct, as a result of which a striking off order was imposed.
10 March 2016
Prescriptions soon to be available from some Allied Health Professionals
A number of the Allied Health Professionals (AHP), Therapeutic Radiographers, Dietitians and Orthoptists, in England will soon be able to prescribe medication directly to patients. This follows an announcement by George Freeman MP (Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Life Sciences, Department of Health) on 26 February 2016. The announcement came after the conclusion of a multi-disciplinary review, led by NHS England, which has been on-going since October 2013.
1 March 2016
Case update: High Court endorses the application of the open justice principle in disciplinary proceedings by overturning anonymity decision
Solicitors Regulation Authority v Spector [2016] EWHC 37 (Admin)
Judgment date: 15 January 2016
The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) appealed to the High Court to overturn a retrospective anonymity order made by the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT) preventing the third respondent’s name from appearing on the SDT’s listings and further directing the SRA not to mention the tribunal appearance of the third respondent unless already aware of the third respondent’s involvement in the proceedings. The High Court allowed the SRA’s appeal and quashed the SDT’s anonymity decision, finding that the SDT had erred in law and that the policy on which the decision was based was “misconceived”.
23 February 2016
Case update: GP’s second appeal against findings of dishonesty and erasure dismissed by High Court, who underline the importance of the FTP Panel’s “specialist knowledge”
Lawrence v GMC [2016] EWHC 215 (Admin)
Dr Lawrence, a General Practitioner (GP), had assisted with medical and administrative work at her husband’s GP Practice between 2003 and 2004, and on two occasions in March 2005. A contention later arose from the partners of her husband’s GP Practice that Dr Lawrence had not worked at the GP Practice after those two occasions in March 2005. This dispute eventually resulted in County Court Proceedings, where it was ruled that Dr Lawrence had provided false and misleading evidence to the Court in relation to the nature of work she did; the time period for which she worked; and the date when she left the Practice.
