Useful Information

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Can a doctor’s supposed use of foul language cause a GMC investigation?

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Will a large number of allegations by the GMC against a doctor in a single case automatically lead a Tribunal to find impairment?

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Can a single event involving a serious lapse in standards when dealing with a violent and aggressive patient result in a doctor being erased from the Register?

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Can a Doctor’s naivety be a defence to financial dishonesty allegations even when they knew the facts?

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Can a doctor attend a lap dancing/strip club?

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How many doctors face fitness to practise hearings?

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How serious is a breach of a doctor’s duty of candour?

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Can saving another doctor’s time be an acceptable reason to self-prescribe?

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Might a doctor be erased for covering up a clinical error?

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Do the GMC regulate a doctor’s social media posts?

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Does a Doctor buying a birthday present for a patient raise fitness to practise issues?

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Is there a duty on a Doctor to remain calm?

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Have the GMC incorrectly relied on IT evidence when bringing cases against Doctors?

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When a doctor is convicted of assault will a finding of impaired fitness to practise always follow?

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By accessing a patient’s records without a clinical reason, is a doctor’s fitness to practise impaired?

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If a Doctor amends a patient’s treatment record after their death might they face regulatory problems?

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If a doctor asks a patient to withdraw a complaint about them, is the doctor’s fitness to practise impaired?

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Can a “senior and highly experienced” doctor prescribe medicine without informing a patient’s GP?

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Is a doctor’s fitness to practise impaired by engaging in mild flirtation?

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Is any regulatory leeway afforded to football club doctors?

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What legal and regulatory consequences might a doctor face if they locum while on sick leave?

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Does a Doctor have a right to silence at a Medical Practitioners Tribunal hearing?

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If a doctor fills out patient feedback forms for themselves is their fitness to practise impaired?

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Is a Doctor’s fitness to practise impaired if they turn up to work inebriated?

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When a Doctor suspects a test result is false, can they ignore a Trust’s policy and treat as they see fit?

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Is it okay for a doctor to complete a cremation certificate and later sort out the finer details?

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Might the GMC investigate a doctor contrary to a police decision not to prosecute?

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In the case of a doctor applying to be restored to the register, are offences committed more than 17 years ago still relevant?

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What might a Tribunal do when a doctor applies for voluntary erasure from the register but the GMC refuse to allow it and seek disciplinary erasure?