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Kingsley Napley’s Medical Negligence Team ‘walks together’ with the Dame Vera Lynn Children’s Charity
Sharon Burkill
19 November 2012
Case Update: Mould v General Dental Council [2012] EWHC 3114 (Admin)
Diclofenac dispensing dentist suspended for failing to comply with conditions.
The Appellant, an experienced dentist, sought to appeal a suspension imposed at a review hearing earlier in the year. The matter was first considered by a Fitness to Practise Committee in 2011, who found that his behaviour amounted to misconduct. Particulars of the allegation included, inter alia, prescribing, dispensing and administering pain killers (diclofenac sodium or Voltarol) to patients in circumstances where it was not permitted, and failing to co-operate with the GDC’s inquiry that ensued. The FTP Committee imposed conditions on the appellant’s registration for one year, directing a review of these conditions before their expiration.
19 November 2012
Charges* in Healthcare Professional Regulation
The allegation in Fitness to Practise (FTP) proceedings is often made up of different heads of charge or particulars which form the factual matrix underpinning the overarching allegation of impairment. It is the
allegation of impairment and not the separate pleaded incidents that constitute the allegation against the Registrant.
16 November 2012
Case Update: Dr Peter Spencer and General Osteopathic Council [2012] EWHC 3147 (Admin)
High Court considers meaning and application of ‘unacceptable professional conduct’.
The appellant, Dr Peter Spencer, successfully appealed a finding of unacceptable professional conduct made by the Professional Conduct Committee (PCC) of the respondent Council.
16 November 2012
Case Update: Hussain v GMC [2012] EWHC 2991 (Admin)
The Interim Orders Panel (IOP) of the General Medical Council (GMC) was not entitled to continue an interim conditional registration order on the grounds of public protection once it emerged that there were no public protection allegations being placed before the Fitness to Practise Panel.
15 November 2012
Case Update: Ajala v Nursing and Midwifery Council [2012] EWHC 2976
Court upholds suspension of nurse convicted of dishonesty offences.
A nurse (N) pleaded guilty on 1st October 2010 to two offences of dishonesty: the first of being in possession of an identity document with the intention of using it for establishing a registerable fact about yourself, contrary to the Identity Cards Act; and secondly, an offence contrary to the Fraud Act. In short, N had opened a mail collection account at a post office using false identification. Over the next 4-5 days she collected various letters from said sorting office which had included assorted documents in the names of other individuals, including a bank card and driving licence.