Who is the Director of GMC Legal?

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Dear General Medical Council,

Please could you supply me with the name of the Director of GMC Legal with a copy of the structure chart for that current organisation.

The General Medical Council has previously provided in 2010, under an FOIA request, an organogram of GMC Legal up to the level of Assistant Director.

According to a senior lawyer and manager, GMC Legal are the solicitors to the GMC, carrying out the majority of the GMC's legal work, including:

- providing legal advice and assistance to all Directorates within the GMC, primarily the Fitness to Practise Directorate and the Registration and Revalidation Directorate;

- conducting proceedings on behalf of the GMC before Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service (MPTS) Fitness to Practice Panels, Interim Orders Panels, GMC Registration Appeals Panels and the GMC Investigation Committee;

- conducting litigation on behalf of the GMC before the courts in the several jurisdictions of the United Kingdom and overseas.

The Professional Standards Authority is responsible for overseeing the General Medical Council, having oversight and scrutiny of the regulator for protecting users of that public body including auditing of the regulator’s fitness to practise processes and financial arrangements.

Yours faithfully,

Dr David Waghorn

FOI, General Medical Council

Dear Dr Waghorn

Your information request: F14/6792/JM

Thank you for your email below asking for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA).

We will consider your request and respond to you as soon as we can, normally within the 20 working-day limit set by the FOIA.

Please note that there may be some information which we cannot release to you under the FOIA. If this is the case, we will let you know why and state the relevant exemptions given in the FOIA. We will also give you information about how to appeal our decision.

I have allocated your request to Janet Mauldridge. If you have any questions, please contact her on 0161 923 6324 or email: [email address]

Yours sincerely

Julian Graves

Julian Graves
Information Access Manager
General Medical Council
3 Hardman Street
Manchester
M3 3AW
 
Tel. no: 0161 923 6351
Email: [email address]

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Janet Mauldridge (0161 923 6324), General Medical Council

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Our ref: F14/6792/JM

Dear Dr Waghorn

Please see attached correspondence.

Yours sincerely

Janet Mauldridge
Information Access Officer
0161 923 6324
[email address]

General Medical Council
3 Hardman Street
Manchester
M3 3AW

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