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
- Wednesday, 01 June 2022 12:34 Clinical Records v Oral Evidence – Which is more reliable? Posted by Doctors Defence Service Medical Records and Oral Evidence – A Guide for Doctors In CXB v North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust [2019] EWHC 2053 (QB) (July 2019) it was held that clinical records do not automatically carry more weight...
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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...
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Friday, 13 May 2022 9:00
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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- Wednesday, 11 May 2022 11:26 GMC Should Call Witness (Instead of Hearsay) to Ensure a ‘Fair Trial’ Posted by Doctors Defence Service The High Court has upheld a doctor’s right to have a witness testify and be subjected to cross-examination in relation to charges of professional misconduct concerning sexual allegations. In the case of R (Professor Johannes Philip...
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Sunday, 02 May 2021 10:00
Expert Witness Doctors Can Be Subject to GMC Misconduct Proceedings
Posted by Doctors Defence Service
Registered Medical Practitioner Expert Witnesses whose approach is reckless or incompetent or otherwise deficient are likely to face GMC investigation and subsequent fitness to practise (FTP) proceedings before the MPTS for misconduct, as well as risk...
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