Hippocrates oath

Edwin Morris made this Freedom of Information request to General Medical Council

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From: Edwin Morris

13 November 2009

Dear Sir or Madam,
Please advise what disciplinary action is taken if a Doctor
does not meet the requirements of the oath sworn and
the number of times and dates that such action is taken by the GMC
to ensure that Doctors conform to their oath (for the last ten
years).

Yours faithfully,

Edwin Morris

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From: Janet Maclean (0161 923 6324)
General Medical Council

16 November 2009

Our ref: F09/2600/EH

Dear Mr Morris

Information Request

Thank you for your email of 13 November 2009 in which you request
information in accordance with the provisions of the Freedom of
Information Act 2000 (FOIA).

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Janet Maclean

Information Access Team Administrator

0161 923 6324

[email address]

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From: Elizabeth Hiley (0161 923 6314)
General Medical Council

19 November 2009

Our ref: IAT/F09/2600

Dear Mr Morris

Thank you for your email. Your request has been considered in accordance
with the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

The GMC registers doctors to practise medicine in the UK. The GMC's core
guidance for doctors is Good Medical Practice; this sets the standards
against which a doctor's fitness to practise can be judged. Good Medical
Practice is available via our website at
http://www.gmc-uk.org/guidance/good_medi....

Therefore we do not hold information relating to disciplinary action as
a result of a breach of the Hippocratic Oath; rather we hold information
relating to our actions in respect of doctors whose fitness to practise
is questioned.

If we receive concerns regarding a doctor's fitness to practise, we will
consider whether to undertake an investigation into those concerns. If
an investigation is undertaken, various options are available with
regards to any resulting disciplinary action. For example, if a case
progresses to a Fitness to Practise Panel, resulting disciplinary action
may be to impose conditions on the doctor's registration, or suspend or
erase them from the register. Further information regarding our
investigation and adjudication process is available on our website at
http://www.gmc-uk.org/concerns/the_inves...
oncerns.asp (for the investigation process) and
http://www.gmc-uk.org/concerns/hearings_...
_adjudication.asp (for the adjudication process).

In relation to the frequency of action taken against doctors, we publish
annual statistics in relation to fitness to practise activity. These are
available via the Council papers section of our website. I have listed
below the links to the locations of the annual reports from 1999 to
2008.

1999 - item 7i
http://www.gmc-uk.org/about/council/2000...

2000 - item 9e
http://www.gmc-uk.org/about/council/2001...

2001 - item 7e
http://www.gmc-uk.org/about/council/2002...

2002 - item 9b
http://www.gmc-uk.org/about/council/2003...

2003 - item 4d
http://www.gmc-uk.org/about/council/2004...

2004 - item 5c
http://www.gmc-uk.org/about/council/2005...

2005 - item 4a
http://www.gmc-uk.org/about/council/2006...

2006 - item 6b
http://www.gmc-uk.org/about/council/2007...

2007 - item 5
http://www.gmc-uk.org/about/council/2008...

2008 - item 6b
http://www.gmc-uk.org/about/council/2009...

I hope this information is useful to you. If you have any concerns
regarding the handling of this request please contact Julian Graves,
Information Access Manager, at [email address].

Yours sincerely

Elizabeth Hiley
Information Access Officer
Tel no: 0161 923 6314
Email: [email address]

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