Wednesday 22 May 2024

Tipped scales.

 DZ thought that he knew all of the machinations used by the GMC to make it easier to screw over doctors who come before a Medical Practitioners Tribunal.

Such as the original idea that the MPT should be independent of the GMC, which never happened.

Or the change in burden of proof from the criminal standard, (beyond reasonable doubt) to the civil, (balance of probabilities).

Or the fact that the only appeal against the penalty set by a fitness to practice hearing is to the High Court, an expensive, daunting and difficult path making appeal almost impossible for most doctors.

But what I didn't know was that, if the GMC themselves are dissatisfied with the judgement of a FPH and want a more severe punishment, then they themselves do have an appeal system for that. An appeal pathway not open to the accused doctor. And who gets to adjudicate this appeal of the GMC. Why the GMC themselves of course. 

The government noticed this and recommended abolition of this unfair practice over six years ago but nothing happened.

I din't know why the fuckers bother with a FPH at all. It's so biased against the doctor that it would be laughable if the consequences weren't so devastating



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