Can a doctor attend a lap dancing/strip club?
It is “inappropriate and unwise”. The case of Dr R [...]
How many doctors face fitness to practise hearings?
Every year the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service produces an annual [...]
How serious is a breach of a doctor’s duty of candour?
The issue of the duty of candour was the key [...]
Can saving another doctor’s time be an acceptable reason to self-prescribe?
It can go some way to help justify self-prescribing, it [...]
Might a doctor be erased for covering up a clinical error?
Yes. Dr R was a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon and it [...]
Have the GMC incorrectly relied on IT evidence when bringing cases against Doctors?
Yes. It is not that it was fabricated, full of [...]
If a doctor asks a patient to withdraw a complaint about them, is the doctor’s fitness to practise impaired?
There will be few circumstances where this may be excusable, [...]
If a doctor fills out patient feedback forms for themselves is their fitness to practise impaired?
Where numerous fake forms are completed and relied upon as [...]
Is a Doctor’s fitness to practise impaired if they turn up to work inebriated?
As it is an incident that most members of the [...]
When a Doctor suspects a test result is false, can they ignore a Trust’s policy and treat as they see fit?
There are numerous variables that might arise (the test, the [...]
