About: Doctors Defence Service
Doctors Defence Service (DDS) assists medical doctors who are registered with the General Medical Council (GMC) in the United Kingdom (UK) and also those doctors from abroad who wish to register and practise as doctors in the UK. Doctors Defence Service also assists doctors in relation to all other legal issues arising from daily practice and operating businesses in the clinical arena. DDS represents doctors in FTP and IOP GMC proceedings, at inquests, in general civil cases, in commercial and contract law, in revalidation matters, and employment law. Doctors Defence Service can be contacted on 0800 10 88 739. We have main offices in London, Manchester, and Telford. We cover most other UK regions too.
Recent Posts by Doctors Defence Service
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Wednesday, 20 January 2021 17:00
Doctors and Domestic Violence
Posted by Doctors Defence Service
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...
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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)
Posted by Doctors Defence Service
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...
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- Friday, 21 February 2020 17:42 NHS Counter Fraud Authority Prosecutions of Doctors – False CVs Posted by Doctors Defence Service NHS Counter Fraud Authority Prosecutions for False CVs and False Credentials – The NHS Counter Fraud Authority will prosecute employees of the NHS where they lie on their CV or application forms. It goes without saying...
- Friday, 07 February 2020 12:34 Clinical Records v Oral Evidence – Which is more reliable? Posted by Doctors Defence Service Medical Records and Oral Evidence – In CXB v North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust [2019] EWHC 2053 (QB) (August 2019) it was held that clinical records do not automatically carry more weight than oral evidence. The...
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