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Monday, 23 May 2022 15:39
GMC: Time Limits to Lodge an Appeal Notice are Strict (Usually 28 Days)
Posted by Doctors Defence Service
A doctor who is struck off or suspended by the GMC must (usually) lodge an Appeal Notice within 28 days of the fitness to practise panel’s (FTP) decision or lose their right to appeal. The Medical Act 1983, as amended, prescribes a 28...
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Friday, 13 May 2022 9:00
Doctors and Domestic Violence
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The GMC receives a number of complaints each year from spouses or ex-spouses, or their friends and relatives, that a doctor has been violent at home toward their ex-partner or children. Each year a number of doctors will be convicted of assault...
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Wednesday, 23 March 2022 19:02
Mental Capacity and Giving Novel Treatments
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Mental Capacity Decisions and Doctors Psychiatry In Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust v Mrs T & Ors (Rev1) [2022] EWHC 515 (Fam) the court gave permission for sedation to be given on intensive care to a 17 year...
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Wednesday, 29 September 2021 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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Tuesday, 10 May 2022 22:11
Defending 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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Tuesday, 10 May 2022 9:56
Double Jeopardy? GMC ‘Prosecutes’ Doctors Acquitted of Crimes
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Can a doctor be tried twice for the same allegation? Can the GMC Prosecute a Case where the Police have chosen not to prosecute? At Doctors Defence Service, we are frequently asked: Can a doctor be tried twice for the same allegation?...
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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