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Legal Representation in relation to GMC Fitness to Practise (FTP) and Interim Orders Proceedings (IOP) cases; inquests; commercial & GP partnership law; contract & employment law for...
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GMC Law: FTP IOP Legal Defence Services
Highly experienced lawyers with a track record in defending doctors in GMC fitness to practise hearings and Interim Orders Proceedings panel hearings - from Consultant and Specialist...
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Monday, 06 February 2012 22:27
Assisted Suicide: GMC Consultation on Disciplining Doctors Who Assist
Posted by Doctors Defence Service
The GMC is consulting on when and to what degree a doctor shall be disciplined should they have directly or peripherally assisted a person to commit suicide at home or abroad. It is illegal in the...
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Friday, 18 November 2011 18:36
Doctors At Risk of Erasure if GMC Conditions of Practice are Breached
Posted by Doctors Defence Service
The High Court in the appeal case of Dr Belal v GMC [2011] EWCA 2859 (Admin) has upheld a decision of the General Medical Council (GMC) to erase a doctor’s name from the register, who breached a Conditions...
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Friday, 15 April 2011 9:32
Inquests can Damage a Doctor’s Reputation
Posted by Doctors Defence Service
Inquests into the deaths of patients can lead to doctors being summonsed to give evidence about the care of a patient in their charge. Inquest verdicts can affect a doctor's standing where an adverse finding is...
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Monday, 06 February 2012 23:56
Double Jeopardy? GMC ‘Prosecutes’ Doctors Acquitted of Crimes
Posted by Doctors Defence Service
Can a doctor be tried twice for the same allegation? At Doctors Defence Service, we are frequently asked: Can a doctor be tried twice for the same allegation? The answer is a, perhaps surprising, “Yes!“. Doctors who...
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Saturday, 03 December 2011 12:31
How to Avoid GMC Warnings
Posted by Doctors Defence Service
The General Medical Council (GMC) can issue Warnings to doctors who are considered by the GMC’s Case Examiners to have acted in a manner inconsistent with Good Medical Practice - the code of conduct for doctors –...
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Monday, 13 February 2012 14:26
Clinical Negligence Case Law
Posted by Doctors Defence Service
Doctors Defence Service will summarise court decisions in clinical negligence cases on this page: AMY JANE LUDWIG (BY HER MOTHER & LITIGATION FRIEND DELLA LOUISE LUDWIG) v (1) OXFORD RADCLIFFE HOSPITALS NHS TRUST (2) GLOUCESTERSHIRE HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION...
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Friday, 11 November 2011 1:10
Clinical Negligence Legal Defence Services for UK Doctors
Posted by Doctors Defence Service
Clinical Negligence Defence Lawyers for UK Registered Medical Practitioners at Doctors Defence Service: We represent doctors who are being sued in negligence for an act or omission that may have caused death or a clinical injury....
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