Can a “senior and highly experienced” doctor prescribe medicine without informing a patient’s GP?
No, particularly in respect of controlled drugs. It poses serious [...]
Does erasure from the register always follow a doctor’s conviction for sexual offences?
Erasure is not automatic but it is the exception rather [...]
If a doctor goes missing on shift, or is asleep on call, is their fitness to practise impaired?
Assuming they have not properly informed colleagues it risks being [...]
Can a Doctor’s naivety be a defence to financial dishonesty allegations even when they knew the facts?
Yes, but it will risk being found to be serious [...]
Is there a limit to the number of times a doctor who has been erased can apply for restoration to the register?
There is not a single statutory numerical limit but there [...]
Can you be a Doctor with a conviction?
Yes, but it depends what the offence was and whether [...]
How do the GMC Regulate Doctors?
The Medical Act 1983 sets out the way that the [...]
