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  • Thursday, 16 June 2022 8:38 Whistleblowing and Doctors Posted by
    Whistleblowing Law WHISTLEBLOWING – Protection or Illusion? Whistleblowing is one of those words bandied around as if the meaning was obvious. Often people think it means they can raise all sorts of complaints about the goings on in the workplace or elsewhere...

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  • Wednesday, 01 June 2022 12:34 Clinical Records v Oral Evidence – Which is more reliable? Posted by
    Oral Versus Documentary Evidence - Which is More Reliable in Healthcare/
    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 than oral evidence. The absence of...

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  • Wednesday, 24 December 2025 13:42 GMC Plab 1 and GMC Plab 2 Appeals Posted by
    GMC PLAB 1 and PLAB  3 Appeals The GMC permits those who take Professional and Linguistic Assessments Board (PLAB) exams 1 and 2 to appeal in certain instances. The GMC asks that appeals are filed prior to results being made known. The...

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  • Monday, 06 January 2025 14:30 Doctors, Freedom of Expression, and Social Media Posted by
    Social Media Pitfalls and Doctor Misconduct Doctors have various duties as registered professionals to not bring the profession or themselves into disrepute, or to cause harm, through their online written or video contributions to national and international debates and discourses. A doctor...

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Doctors Defence Service:

Legal Services for Medical Doctors

Doctors Defence Service provides comprehensive legal services to doctors in the UK and those doctors working overseas who are registered with the GMC or who seek to become registered in the UK.

Our lawyers represent doctors before the GMC and MPTS including interim orders, fitness to practise hearings, Registration Law, in Performance List hearings, Clinical Negligence cases, Partnership Disputes, Inquests, CQC and CiW matters, Employment Law claims, criminal and civil law cases, and other regulatory processes.

Contact us in strict confidence and without obligation to see how we might assist you. Call Doctors Defence Service on: 0800 10 88 739