GMC Investigations
GMC Performance Assessments
- Performance Assessments may also be required as part of an Investigation or in respect of undertakings or an MPTS Review hearing.
- The process takes between 1-5 days, assesses your performance in key areas of your work and is directed at your level of seniority and specialism.
- It is conducted at GMC Manchester by an assessment team and shall include observed practice, interviews, case discussions, knowledge test, medical records review and patient survey.
- An Assurance Assessment may take place after the process that concludes in agreed undertakings.
The situations which may call for a performance assessment include a doctor making repeated clinical errors, poor prescribing, poor record keeping or administration which risks patient safety, ignorance of basic clinical practise or failing to work with colleagues.
- GMC will take into account your position, grade, whether the allegation relates to your specialism and whether you show insight, remediation and whether your performance has improved.
- The GMC must give reasons for directing an assessment and will refer to Good Medical Practice.
The report will usually include recommendations as to how the issue should be managed to include an opinion on whether your fitness to practise is impaired.
- The GMC would normally follow any such recommendations or would need to give good reasons for the exceptional decision not to follow an expert’s recommendation.
