Category Archives: Legal Guidance for Doctors
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Sunday, 26 June 2022 17:18
End of Life Care: Best Practice Decision-Making for Doctors
Posted by Doctors Defence Service
Doctors often have to make decisions about the care patients who are unwell and likely to die in the near future. The GMC has published written guidelines for doctors who have to make decisions about end of life care and the...
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- 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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