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.
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Monday, 06 February 2012 22:27
Assisted Suicide: GMC Position on Disciplining Doctors Who Assist
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The GMC consulted in 2012 on when and to what degree a doctor should be disciplined where they have directly or peripherally assisted a person to commit suicide at home or abroad. It is illegal in...
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Friday, 18 November 2011 18:36
Doctors At Risk of Erasure if GMC Conditions of Practice are Breached
Posted by Doctors Defence Service
The High Court in the appeal case of Dr Belal v GMC [2011] EWCA 2859 (Admin) has upheld a decision of the General Medical Council (GMC) to erase a doctor’s name from the register, who breached a Conditions...
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Wednesday, 03 August 2011 8:34
Clinical Expert Witnesses lose Immunity from Suit
Posted by Doctors Defence Service
The Supreme Court has determined that expert witnesses, in most legal cases, should not be immune from being sued by the party who had instructed them to act. The decision has far-reaching implications for doctors who act...
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Friday, 20 May 2011 10:05
No Anonymity in Court Cases for Independent Clinical Experts
Posted by Doctors Defence Service
The President of the Family Courts Division, Sir Nicolas Wall, has determined (in the case of RE X, Y, Z (Children) and Brian Morgan v A Local Authority [2011] EWHC 1157 (Fam)) that doctors who act...
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Tuesday, 12 April 2011 7:54
Immunity from Suit for Complainants to the GMC
Posted by Doctors Defence Service
The High Court has confirmed that a doctor who makes a complaint to the GMC against another doctor cannot be sued for defamation, libel or slander. In the case of Katherine White v Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust...
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