A UK-based solicitor blogging about defending professionals and regulatory law, mainly in the healthcare sector
The General Medical Council, or GMC, is the regulatory body for doctors in the UK (and, in 2024, became the regulatory body for medical associate professions too). The GMC’s purpose, as set out in the…
I was recently invited onto the Confidence To Thrive podcast to discuss whether doctors working in functional medicine should maintain their GMC registration and licence to practise. You can hear my thoughts here or wherever…
The British Medical Association, or BMA, has commenced the Pre-action Protocol for Judicial Review in respect of the government’s u-turn on removing the General Medical Council’s right of appeal against fitness to practise decisions. The…
For years, I’ve had a niche practice advising clients (usually private medical clinics and pharmacies) in relation to advertising of medicines and medicinal products. This skillset used to get pulled out of the bag about…
Yesterday, I spoke at the Pharmacy Law & Ethics Association’s annual seminar. My topic was fitness to practise-related legal highlights of 2025/26 and I picked the following from a long shortlist: ~ Suresh v General…
A longstanding client, Medical Defense Society, recently asked me to write a blog regarding one of their members successfully defended before the GMC and that blog is reproduced below. On instructions from the…
Since late 2023, I’ve been trying to raise awareness about the number of social media related fitness to practise cases we’ve been receiving regarding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and Pulse Today has now picked up the…
I was delighted to be asked to collaborate with Dr Thomas Hewson, Dr Adeola Akinola and Mr Nathan Randles on presenting ‘The audio and visual recording of mental health consultations by patients – clinical, ethical,…
A concerning study reported in today’s Guardian newspaper indicates that “one in four NHS doctors is tired to the point of impairment”. This study was of a relatively small sample size (532 respondents out of just…
As time goes on, I’m seeing more fitness to practise cases arising from COVID19-related activities. My colleagues and I have previously posted about the Irish GP interim suspended after describing COVID-19 as a hoax and the first…
