Doctors Defence Service – UK.

A medical defence organisation, providing Regional Support & Legal Services to Doctors. Phone 24 Hours: 0800 10 88 739

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Guidance for Doctors

DDS General Guidance for Doctors

Information for Doctors About Whether To Declare Convictions

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  • CQC Regulation and Appeals: Legal Representation for GP Practices and Clinics
  • Employment Law for Doctors
  • PLDP & PAG Representation
  • Medical Performers List Law
  • Alert Letters / Notices Law
  • Inquest Representation
  • Clinical Negligence Defence
  • Commercial Law & NHS Practice Law for Doctors
  • Recent Case Law Articles
  • Defamation Actions
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  • GP Partnership Law
  • Legal Services for Doctors
  • Criminal Law for Doctors
  • Practitioner Performance Advice Service (PPA) (formerly NCAS) Law for Doctors
  • MHPS Law Legal Advice
  • Doctors and Employer Level Disciplinary Investigations
  • Doctors and Police Station Interviews
  • GMC Law
  • Contract Law for Doctors
  • Exclusion from Work
  • Revalidation Appeals
  • GMC CESR & CEGPR Appeals, Reviews, Applications Representation
  • Medical Student Fitness to Practise Hearings at Universities
  • Anaesthesia Associate Representation at the GMC and MPTS
  • Physician Associate & Student Representation
  • NHS Counter Fraud Investigations
  • Invited Review Mechanism (IRM) Legal Advice
  • Direct Access Barrister for GMC MPTS Cases
  • Legal Costs: Our Fees
  • Terms of Use of this Website and DDS Services
  • Contact us

About DDS

The medico-legal representatives at Doctors Defence Service (DDS) have between them represented many hundreds of registered practitioners from a variety of specialisms. Our medico-legal advisors provide broad-based and bespoke legal services and advice to doctors. DDS has been in existence for around 12 years. Our medico-legal advisors are indemnified for the work they do. We are not solicitors, but may work with some external solicitors on some cases. Each of our medico-legal advisors is a qualified barrister in independent practice, working within the DDS collective brand, for our doctor clients. A number of our barristers are both litigators and advocates. See our website terms of use for more details.
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Our Fees & Compliance


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Click on the link below or use Search at the top of the page to view our legal services. If you do not see the legal specialism that you are looking for, give our clerks a call to see whether Doctors Defence Service (DDS) may be able to assist you. See the link below for more details about our fees.

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Your Questions Answered

  • The GMC has sent me a letter asking me for my comments on allegations that have been made ag... We answer your legal queries.
  • I have been suspended by an interim orders tribunal (IOT) panel. Can I appeal? I wish to ret... Your Legal Questions Answered by DDS’s Lawyers
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Doctors Defence Service

Our medico-legal advisors carry mandatory indemnity insurance and undergo regular training in their specialist field. Our medico-legal advisors work to high standards when advising and representing clients, or carrying out legal drafting or legal research. Confidentiality is assured. Our medico-legal advisors will usually be able top set out the likely costs before carrying out a particular element of legal work.

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Doctors Defence Service - a division of Trident Barristers Chambers - is regulated by the Bar Standards Board of England and Wales. All of our medico-legal advisors are barristers are in independent practice and they provide legal services to doctors.
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Navigate Doctors Defence Service Website from here:

  • Home
  • About DDS
  • Legal Services
  • Our Specialist Lawyers
    • Lee Gledhill
    • Penny Maudlsey
    • David Welch
    • Sheila Aly
    • Stephen Page
  • FAQs
  • Our Offices
  • Contact Us
  • GMC Representation
  • MPTS Representation
  • MPTS Hearings – What to Expect
  • Our Lawyers
  • GMC MPTS Interim Orders
  • Testimonials about DDS
  • Contact Us
  • GMC Provisional Enquires
  • GMC Registration Law
  • GMC Applications to the High Court to Extend Interim Orders
  • GMC MPTS Health Cases
  • GMC Warnings
  • GMC MPTS Appeals
  • GMC MPT FTP Hearings
  • GMC Assurance Assessments
  • GMC Performance Assessments
  • GMC/MPTS Non-Compliance Hearings
  • Restoration to the GMC Register
  • GMC MPTS Review Hearings
  • CQC Regulation and Appeals: Legal Representation for GP Practices and Clinics
  • Employment Law for Doctors
  • PLDP & PAG Representation
  • Medical Performers List Law
  • Alert Letters / Notices Law
  • Inquest Representation
  • Clinical Negligence Defence
  • Commercial Law & NHS Practice Law for Doctors
  • Recent Case Law Articles
  • Defamation Actions
  • MPTS Defence Law
  • GP Partnership Law
  • Legal Services for Doctors
  • Criminal Law for Doctors
  • Practitioner Performance Advice Service (PPA) (formerly NCAS) Law for Doctors
  • MHPS Law Legal Advice
  • Doctors and Employer Level Disciplinary Investigations
  • Doctors and Police Station Interviews
  • GMC Law
  • Contract Law for Doctors
  • Exclusion from Work
  • Revalidation Appeals
  • GMC CESR & CEGPR Appeals, Reviews, Applications Representation
  • Medical Student Fitness to Practise Hearings at Universities
  • Anaesthesia Associate Representation at the GMC and MPTS
  • Physician Associate & Student Representation
  • NHS Counter Fraud Investigations
  • Invited Review Mechanism (IRM) Legal Advice
  • Direct Access Barrister for GMC MPTS Cases
  • Legal Costs: Our Fees
  • Terms of Use of this Website and DDS Services
  • Contact us

Latest Legal Articles for Doctors:

  • End of Life Care: Best Practice Decision-Making for Doctors
  • Doctors’ Personal Disclosure of Convictions to GMC is Mandatory
  • Whistleblowing and Doctors
  • Clinical Records v Oral Evidence – Which is more reliable?
  • GMC: Time Limits to Lodge an Appeal Notice are Strict (Usually 28 Days)
  • Doctors and Domestic Violence
  • GMC Should Call Witness (Instead of Hearsay) to Ensure a ‘Fair Trial’

Doctors Defence Service (DDS) is a division of Trident Chambers. This website is for information and guidance only and is not legal advice. Do not rely on website content alone. We take no responsibility for any reliance placed on the contents of this website. See our terms of use. Always take legal advice from medico-regulatory advisors (lawyers) who specialise in regulatory law, like ours. Our experienced lawyers can be formally instructed to advise you.

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