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Saturday, 10 October 2026 14:02
Doctors’ Law: Circumcisions
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A doctor who performs circumcisions must comply with GMC and CQC regulations as well as the law of the land. If they fail to do so, they may face GMC misconduct proceedings and prosecution by the CQC or the Crown. Lawful Circumcision:...
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Saturday, 06 June 2026 8:18
We answer your legal queries.
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If you have a legal query that you are happy to have answered in a public post forum, post your question or use our enquiry form and we will seek to answer it*. See our latest questions and answers. Our lawyers cover...
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Thursday, 13 August 2026 1:15
‘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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Friday, 27 May 2022 8:00
Doctors and Child Pornography (Child Sexual Abuse Images)
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Doctors, Child Pornography, and the GMC: A summary of the way the GMC deals with doctors who have downloaded or made indecent images of children....
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Friday, 17 July 2026 2:11
How to Defend Yourself Before the GMC and MPTS
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Doctors Defence Service provides legal representation and legal advice in GMC and MPTS proceedings in the UK....
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Wednesday, 24 December 2025 13:42
GMC Plab 1 and GMC Plab 2 Appeals
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GMC PLAB 1 and PLAB 3 Appeals The GMC permits those who take Professional and Linguistic Assessments Board (PLAB) exams 1 and 2 to appeal in certain instances. The GMC asks that appeals are filed prior to results being made known. The...
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Saturday, 20 February 2021 1:10
Clinical Negligence Legal Defence Services for UK Doctors
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Clinical Negligence Defence Lawyers for UK Registered Medical Practitioners at Doctors Defence Service: We represent doctors who are being sued in negligence for an act or omission that may have caused death or a clinical injury. Doctors at some point in their...
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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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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