The Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service (MPTS) took over the role of adjudicating on doctors cases from 11 June 2012. It took over the role from the General Medical Council (GMC).
Doctors Defence Service has already started to represent doctors before the new tribunal. Most of the changes that have been made are window dressing, with the GMC policy documents becoming re-branded as MPTS policy documents. However, new regulations and policies are set to come into force later in 2012, and early in 2013.
See our new digests of the new MPTS regulations and new MPTS policy to gain a greater understanding of the new regime.
For more information on the legal services Doctors Defence Service provides to doctors who face GMC proceedings before the MPTS, call us without obligation on: 0800 10 88 739 or use our Contact Form.