The General Medical Council, when they conducted a preliminary proceeding, should not, in any case involving substantial conflicts of evidence, seek itself to resolve those conflicts. To do so would be to usurp the function of the professional conduct committee. The task of the council was to act to screen out cases, not to decide them. In this case, no reasonable committee could to have been so persuaded of the accuracy of the evidence as to conclude that no question was raised for the GMC. The proceedings are not those of a criminal court, and the committee had an important regulatory and investigatory role.
Judges:
Sullivan J
Citations:
Times 24-Jan-2001, [2001] Lloyds Med Rep 47
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Cited – Henshall v General Medical Council and others CA 13-Dec-2005
The claimant had lodged a complaint against a medical practitioner. The preliminary proceedings committee had accepted evidence from the doctor, but had not given the complainant opportunity to see it and comment upon it.
Held: the rules must . .
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Health Professions
Updated: 05 June 2022; Ref: scu.88469