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Kingsley Napley’s Medical Negligence Team ‘walks together’ with the Dame Vera Lynn Children’s Charity
Sharon Burkill
24 April 2017
Does treating a family member or close friend automatically lead to serious professional misconduct?
Joseph Onwude –v- General Medical Council (GMC) [2017] EWHC 601 (Admin)
Facts
The Appellant is a gynaecologist. Aside from his practice in gynaecology he maintained an interest in other areas of medicine. The concerns in this case related to patients known as A and B who were husband and wife. Patients A and B were friends of the Appellant and they were also connected with him by way of a business venture. The three parties entered into a venture to complete the building of a hospital in which the Appellant would be the main doctor. Unfortunately the venture was not successful and the friendship between the Appellant and Patients A and B broke down.
24 April 2017
Press Round-Up: Regulatory April 2017
Recent news relating to the British Psychoanalytic Council (BPC), Bar Standards Board (BSB), General Medical Council (GMC), General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC), Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC), Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) and Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC).
21 April 2017
Court considers standards regulating conduct in professionals’ private lives
R (on the application of Pitt and another) v General Pharmaceutical Council ([2017] EWHC 809 (Admin))
19 April 2017
The Courts remind us of the principle of proportionality at sanction stage
Craig v Farriers Registration Council [2017] EWHC 707 (Admin)
18 April 2017
The relevance of retirement and future risk in fitness to practise proceedings
Clarke v General Optical Council [2017] EWHC 521 (Admin)