Dear Sir or Madam,

Please provide details of any Fitness to Practise case which has
been heard against Dr Rita Pal, in the past 5 years.

If such a case has been heard, please provide minutes, transcript
and exhibits.

Thank you for your time and attention on this matter.

Yours faithfully,

William Thackeray

Our ref: F09/2132/ME

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Dear Mr Thackeray

Thank you for your e-mail of 6 March 2009 in which you ask for details of
any [GMC] fitness to practise hearing against Dr Rita Pal in the last 5
years.

I can confirm that Dr Rita Pal has not been the subject of any
such hearing with the GMC.

Yours sincerely
Mark Ellen

Mark Ellen
Information Access Team
Registration and Resources Directorate
GMC
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Tel 0161 923 6347

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