Legal Representation in relation to GMC / MPTS Fitness to Practise (FTP) and interim orders tribunal (IOT) cases; inquests; commercial & GP partnership law; contract &...
Highly experienced lawyers with a track record in defending doctors in GMC / MPTS fitness to practise hearings and interim orders tribunal panel hearings - from...
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Thursday, 16 November 2017 8:38
Whistleblowing and Doctors
Posted by Doctors Defence Service
Whistleblowing Law WHISTLEBLOWING – Protection or Illusion? Whistleblowing is one of those words bandied around as if the meaning was obvious. Often people think it means they can raise all sorts of complaints about the goings...
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Sunday, 27 August 2017 9:48
Tooth Whitening and Doctors
Posted by Doctors Defence Service
It is illegal for anyone other than a GDC registered professional to provide tooth whitening services. Registration as a medical practitioner with the GMC is insufficient to meet the legal requirements. Criminal, civil and regulatory proceedings...
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Wednesday, 15 April 2015 9:32
Inquests can Damage a Doctor’s Reputation
Posted by Doctors Defence Service
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...
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Wednesday, 16 July 2014 17:30
Doctors and Child Pornography
Posted by Doctors Defence Service
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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Sunday, 15 October 2017 16:30
Can a doctor practise while on the Sex Offenders Register?
Posted by Doctors Defence Service
A number of doctors each year are convicted of a sexually related offence. As part of their sentence they will be ordered to sign the Sex Offenders Register. The years it will be extant will be...
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Wednesday, 08 February 2017 12:31
How to Avoid GMC Warnings
Posted by Doctors Defence Service
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 –...
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Friday, 10 February 2017 10:00
Clinical Negligence Case Law for Medical Practitioners
Posted by Doctors Defence Service
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...
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Wednesday, 16 January 2013 13:43
Gross Negligence Manslaughter and Doctors
Posted by Doctors Defence Service
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 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