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The UK Parliament has approved changes to the Medical Act which will give the GMC a right of appeal against Fitness to Practise Tribunal decisions it considers to be too lenient and that do not protect the public. The GMC have sought such a power since it gave its adjudication function in fitness to practise cases to the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service (MPTS) which operates separately from the GMC.The changes in the law will also enable a number of reforms to the wa...
The UK Parliament has approved changes to the Medical Act which will give the GMC a right of appeal against Fitness to Practise Tribunal decisions it considers to be too lenient and that do not protect the public. The GMC have sought such a power since it gave its adjudication function in fitness to practise cases to the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service (MPTS) which operates separately from the GMC.
The changes in the law will also enable a number of reforms to the way complaints about doctors are handled. The GMC has launched a consultation on new and amended rules which will be needed to implement changes to the law, approved this month. The consultation on the rules ended on 20 May 2015.