GMC Law: FTP IOP Legal Defence Services

GMC Law Defence Lawyers, Barristers for Doctors. Our barristers accept instructions directly from doctors or from solicitors who represent doctors.

Some of our barristers regularly appear at the General Medical Council (GMC) in fitness to practise (ftp / fpp) cases. They have defended top surgeons, psychiatrists, anaesthetists, medical physicians, A & E consultants, and academics, to name a few of the specialist doctors they have represented. They have also represented registrars, specialist grades, middle grade doctors, and junior doctors. The cases have included a variety of misconduct, deficient performance, and ill-health matters.

View our GMC Defence Representation Legal Services pages for more information about the legal support provided by Doctors Defence Service.

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Doctors Defence Service (DDS) assists medical doctors who are registered with the General Medical Council (GMC) in the United Kingdom (UK) and also those doctors from abroad who wish to register and practise as doctors in the UK. Doctors Defence Service also assists doctors in relation to all other legal issues arising from daily practise and operating businesses in the clinical arena. DDS represents doctors in FTP and IOP GMC proceedings, at inquests, in general civil cases, in commercial and contract law, and employment law. Doctors Defence Service can be contacted on 0800 10 88 739.