GMC to be stripped of power to appeal medical tribunal decisions next year
The GMC will be stripped of its power to appeal medical tribunal decisions next year – five years on from a government promise to end […]
The GMC will be stripped of its power to appeal medical tribunal decisions next year – five years on from a government promise to end […]
The GMC has admitted a medical tribunal was wrong to suspend a Manchester GP for a month over claiming she was promised a laptop and […]
The GMC has dropped a one-month suspension imposed on a Manchester GP for saying she was promised a laptop, admitting a medical tribunal’s decision to […]
Doctors’ leaders have repeated calls for a full independent review of the GMC referral process – warning that an in-house review into the case of […]
Doctors’ leaders have repeated calls for a full independent review of the GMC referral process – warning that an in-house review into the case of […]
The GMC has appointed a senior doctor and a QC to review its handling of the case of a Manchester GP suspended for a month […]
The GMC has appointed a senior doctor and a QC to review its handling of the case of a Manchester GP suspended for a month […]
Legal experts have urged the government to fulfil a four-year-old promise to strip away GMC powers to appeal medical tribunal rulings – after nearly two […]
A Manchester GP suspended by the GMC after claiming she was promised a laptop plans to appeal – in a case that has sparked deep […]
A Manchester GP suspended by the GMC after claiming she was promised a laptop plans to appeal – in a case that has sparked deep […]
BMA leaders have demanded a comprehensive review of the GMC’s approach to regulation after the ‘perplexing and concerning’ suspension of a Manchester GP for claiming […]
Draft legislation paving the way for GPs to join the GMC’s specialist register will not be consulted on until ‘later this year’ despite suggestions that […]
Draft legislation paving the way for GPs to join the GMC’s specialist register will not be consulted on until ‘later this year’ despite suggestions that […]
Five doctors died by suicide while under GMC investigation or monitoring between the start of 2018 and the end of 2020, the regulator has confirmed.
Controversial ‘access-focused’ inspections introduced as part of government plans to ‘support’ practices during the winter have been scrapped, the CQC has announced.
The GMC has refused to rule out considering doctors’ COVID-19 vaccine status in fitness to practise investigations after the government’s U-turn on mandatory vaccination of […]
The GMC has refused to rule out considering doctors’ COVID-19 vaccine status in fitness to practise investigations after the government’s U-turn on mandatory vaccination of […]
Staff shortages and delays to patient services caused by the COVID-19 pandemic will be considered in fitness-to-practise cases against doctors, the GMC has announced.
The GMC has repeated its commitment to take into account the unique circumstances of the pandemic when investigating doctors as the NHS heads into a […]
The GMC has repeated its commitment to take into account the unique circumstances of the pandemic when investigating doctors as the NHS heads into a […]
Black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) doctors do not start their careers on ‘a level playing field’ and ‘more and more’ will be harmed by […]
Black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) doctors do not start their careers on ‘a level playing field’ and ‘more and more’ will be harmed by […]
Black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) doctors do not start their careers on ‘a level playing field’ and ‘more and more’ will be harmed by […]
CQC inspectors will stop using QOF data to assess GP practices for ‘at least 12 months’ after the regulator said it was no longer a […]
Plans to scrap the ‘five-year rule’ and categorise doctors with health concerns as lacking ‘competence’ threaten to undermine the fairness of fitness to practise investigations, […]
Plans to scrap the ‘five-year rule’ and categorise doctors with health concerns as lacking ‘competence’ threaten to undermine the fairness of fitness to practise investigations, […]
The GMC should seek to learn from a ruling that it discriminated against a doctor on the grounds of his race rather than ‘wasting fee-paying […]
The BMA has urged the GMC to launch an urgent evaluation of its fitness-to-practise (FTP) procedure after a tribunal found it racially discriminated against a […]
Planned GMC reforms could lead to unfair treatment of doctors who are ill and drive up investigations into historic complaints, medico-legal experts have warned.
The BMA is supporting legal action over alleged negligence and under the Human Rights Act against the GMC and a hospital trust after a doctor […]
The GMC has set a five-year target for eliminating disproportionate complaints from employers about minority ethnic doctors and a strategy to halt bias in education […]
The GMC has called for ‘greater autonomy’ to choose the complaints it investigates, to help combat ‘shameful’ bias against ethnic minority doctors.
Some fitness to practise cases may ‘prove impossible to resolve’ following delays to hearings caused by COVID-19 disruption, the UK’s super-regulator has warned.
Plans to speed up fitness to practise decisions and to strip the GMC of its power of appeal could go ahead by next spring under […]
Plans to speed up fitness to practise decisions and to strip the GMC of its power of appeal could be approved by next spring under […]
Plans to speed up fitness to practise decisions and to strip the GMC of its power of appeal could be approved by next spring under […]
Clinicians need more support and training to ensure Do Not Attempt CPR (DNACPR) decisions are made in a clear and consistent way across the NHS, […]
Four out of five GPs have struggled to provide sufficient levels of care to patients during the COVID-19 pandemic, citing problems with access to tests […]
Four out of five GPs have struggled to provide sufficient levels of care to patients during the COVID-19 pandemic, citing problems with access to tests […]
The vast majority of trainee doctors have seen their training disrupted or limited by the COVID-19 pandemic, a GMC poll reveals.
The vast majority of trainee doctors have seen their training disrupted or limited by the COVID-19 pandemic, a GMC poll reveals.
The GMC has overhauled its guidance on patient consent – setting out seven key principles to help doctors involve patients in decisions about their care.
GPs facing fitness to practise investigations during the COVID-19 pandemic will be unable to veto a virtual hearing unless their appeal is accepted by the […]
GP practices could be assessed remotely by the CQC in future as the watchdog pilots an overhauled inspection regime for the COVID-19 pandemic.
Around two thirds of GPs say scrapping revalidation and CQC inspections would make no difference to patient safety – or could improve it, a GPonline […]
Around two thirds of GPs say scrapping revalidation and CQC inspections would make no difference to patient safety – or could improve it, a GPonline […]
Around two thirds of GPs say scrapping revalidation and CQC inspections would make no difference to patient safety – or could improve it, a GPonline […]
GP appraisals are being redesigned to have a greater focus on wellbeing and reduced bureaucracy as part of the NHS response to the COVID-19 pandemic, […]
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