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Monday, 08 June 2020 20:30
GMC Defence – Representation
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Legal Representation and Legal Advice for Doctors in GMC cases....
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Thursday, 02 April 2020 21:01
Doctors and the Data Protection (GDPR)
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How Secure is Your Data? Do you have a robust data protection policy? Do doctors, staff and other data users comply with it to the letter? Each year many incidents occur where there is a breach of the Data Protection laws. Loss,...
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Sunday, 05 July 2020 9:38
Sexually Inappropriate Doctors
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The maintenance of professional boundaries is an important part of daily professional life for any medical doctor. Both patients and colleagues need to be able to trust the doctors that they come into contact with. They should not be in fear of...
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Monday, 15 June 2020 4:12
Inquests can Damage a Doctor’s Reputation
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Inquests into the deaths of patients can lead to doctors being summonsed to give evidence about the care of a patient in their charge. Inquest verdicts can affect a doctor's standing where an adverse finding is made against them. Doctors Defence Service...
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Friday, 17 July 2020 18:07
GMC Applications to the High Court to Extend Interim Orders
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Challenging a GMC Interim Order Extension Application The GMC may apply to the High Court of England or Wales, or Northern Ireland (or Court of Session in Scotland) for an extension to an interim order where the original order, or a previous...
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Sunday, 17 May 2020 13:22
How to Avoid GMC Warnings
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The General Medical Council (GMC) can issue Warnings to doctors who are considered by the GMC’s Case Examiners to have acted in a manner inconsistent with Good Medical Practice – the code of conduct for doctors – where a referral to a fitness...
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Friday, 10 July 2020 10:00
Clinical Negligence Case Law for Medical Practitioners
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Doctors Defence Service summarises and digests the latest clinical negligence case law for doctors in clinical practice in the UK. Each year aspects of the law of clinical negligence are clarified by various court judgments that identify the duties of doctors in...
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Wednesday, 16 January 2013 13:43
Gross Negligence Manslaughter and Doctors
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Doctors Defence Service Lawyers: Gross Negligence Manslaughter Defence Lawyers in England and Wales, representing doctors in criminal proceedings....
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Legal Services for Medical Doctors
Doctors Defence Service provides comprehensive legal services to doctors in the UK and those doctors working overseas who are registered with the GMC or who seek to become registered in the UK.
Our lawyers represent doctors before the GMC and MPTS including interim orders, fitness to practise hearings, Registration Law, in Performance List hearings, Clinical Negligence cases, Partnership Disputes, Inquests, CQC and CiW matters, Employment Law claims, criminal and civil law cases, and other regulatory processes.
Contact us in strict confidence and without obligation to see how we might assist you. Call Doctors Defence Service on: 0800 10 88 739