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Private prosecutions – A route to justice for the charity sector
Sophie Tang
15 August 2017
Criminal consequences for accessing medical records without a business purpose
Doctors, dentists, psychoanalysts, psychotherapists and other healthcare professionals tempted to look at the medical records of members of their family or friends without a ‘business purpose’ should read with interest the latest warning issued by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), namely that “NHS employees .. unlawfully accessing patient records [are committing] an offence”. The warning is equally applicable to those working in private healthcare settings and to other professionals who have access to personal data (broadly defined as being data that relates to a living individual who can be identified from it).
10 August 2017
Unfit for work, does not automatically equate to unfit to attend a hearing
Hayat v General Medical Council
[2017] EWHC 1899 (Admin)
9 August 2017
Understanding what is important to regulators: it's not just your clinical skills
Regulated professionals - doctors, nurses, accountants, social workers (amongst others) - should think twice before assuming that an allegation of misconduct stems only from poor clinical practice.
7 August 2017
GMC exercises its appeal power for the second time
General Medical Council v Theodoropoulos
[2017] EWHC 1984 (Admin)
On 31 July 2017, the High Court handed down its judgment in an appeal by the General Medical Council (the GMC) against a decision made by a Panel of the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service (MPTS) to suspend Dr Theodoropoulos’ registration for a period of 12 months.
2 August 2017
How long is too long to be subject to Conditions of Practice?
Patricia Annon and The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC)
[2017] EWHC 1879 (Admin)