5 year rule
Dear General Medical Council,
I would be grateful if you could give the details of all the doctors that have not been tried because of the 5 year rule and also, the details of all the doctors that have been tried in spite of the 5 year rule.
Thanks
Yours faithfully,
V Roy
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Cyngor Meddygol Cyffredinol
Rydym yn gweithio gyda meddygon, cleifion a rhanddeiliaid eraill i
gynorthwyo gofal da a diogel i gleifion ar draws y DU. Rydym yn gosod y
safonau y bydd angen i feddygon a’r rhai sy’n eu hyfforddi eu bodloni, ac
yn eu helpu i’w cyflawni. Os bydd pryderon efallai na fydd y safonau hyn
yn cael eu cyflawni neu y gallai hyder y cyhoedd mewn meddygon fod mewn
perygl, gallwn ymchwilio, a gweithredu os oes angen.
Efallai bod y neges e-bost hon yn cynnwys gwybodaeth freiniol neu
gyfrinachol, y dylid ei defnyddio at y diben y’i hanfonwyd yn unig.
Os nad chi yw’r derbynnydd neu os ydych chi wedi cael yr e-bost hwn mewn
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gweithredu mewn ffordd sy’n dibynnu arni neu unrhyw atodiadau os gwelwch
yn dda. Dylech anfon e-bost at yr anfonwr ac yna, ei ddileu ar unwaith.
Mae’r Cyngor Meddygol Cyffredinol yn elusen gofrestredig yng Nghymru a
Lloegr (1089278) ac yn Yr Alban (SC037750)
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Dear V Roy,
Your information request – IR1-4360958713
Thank you for your Email below dated 16^th April 2024.
How we will consider your request
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2000 (FOIA). The FOIA gives us 20 working days to respond, but we’ll come
back to you as soon as we can.
Your request will be allocated to a member of the team. If you have any
queries please email [1][GMC request email].
Kind regards,
Information Access Team
General Medical Council
3 Hardman Street
Manchester
M3 3AW
Dear Vandana,
Thank you for your email.
I’d be grateful if you could clarify what you mean by ‘details of all
doctors’, for example, whether you are requesting names or just figures,
etc.
I’d also be grateful if you could advise the time period you would like
this information for (5 years, 10 years, etc.)
Please could you provide a response before 6 May 2024.
Kind regards,
Henna Janghir
Information Access Officer
General Medical Council
3 Hardman Street
Manchester
M3 3AW
Email: [1][email address]
Tel: 0161 923 6710
Website: [2]www.gmc-uk.org
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Subject: RE: Freedom of Information request - 5 year rule
Dear V Roy,
Your information request – IR1-4360958713
Thank you for your Email below dated 16^th April 2024.
How we will consider your request
We are going to consider your request under the Freedom of Information Act
2000 (FOIA). The FOIA gives us 20 working days to respond, but we’ll come
back to you as soon as we can.
Your request will be allocated to a member of the team. If you have any
queries please email [3][GMC request email].
Kind regards,
Information Access Team
General Medical Council
3 Hardman Street
Manchester
M3 3AW
Dear Henna Janghir,
I would be grateful if you could send a list of the doctors who have been tried inspite of the 5 year rule and those that have not been tried under the 5 year rule. Please could the list include all cases in the last 10 years. I am especially interested in the ethnicity of the doctors in each case.
Thanks
Vandana
Yours sincerely,
Vandana Roy
Dear Vandana,
Your information request – IR1-4360958713
Thank you for your emails dated 16 April and 29 April 2024. I have
considered your request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA).
I apologise for the delay in my response.
I have interpreted your request as meaning a list of doctors who have had
concerns raised about them in which the five-year rule was engaged but
subsequently waived, meaning a decision was made to promote the concerns
to an investigation despite the five-year limitation period. I have
provided a link to further guidance in this area: [1]Guidance for decision
makers in applying the five-year rule.
I am unable to provide you with a list of doctors as requested in your
emails as this would breach data protection legislation. We believe it’s
reasonable for doctors and complainants to expect that complaints will be
treated as confidential. If a case progresses to a hearing, or an
investigation concludes with a warning or undertakings, certain
information may be made publicly available by the GMC, in line with our
publication and disclosure policy for fitness to practise information.
Otherwise the information is treated as the confidential personal data of
the doctor and other parties involved. I have provided details of the
relevant exemption under FOIA below.
I can, however, provide you with figures relating to the number of
complaints where the five-year rule was waived. I note you have asked for
information for the last ten years, as well as details of the ethnicities
of the relevant doctors. Unfortunately, we are not able to provide data
for 2014 due to the unavailability of some data for this year. I have
therefore provided you with the data for 2015-2023.
Between 1 January 2015 and 31 December 2023, there were 54 complaints
relating to 54 individual doctors where the five-year limitation was
waived.
Table 1: Breakdown by Year
The table below provides a breakdown by year for the period 1 January 2015
to 31 December 2023 for the number of complaints against doctors where the
five-year rule was waived based on the year we received the complaint:
┌───────────────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────┐
│Complaint Received │ Total│
├───────────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────┤
│2015 │ 3│
├───────────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────┤
│2016 │ 5│
├───────────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────┤
│2017 │ 5│
├───────────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────┤
│2018 │ 8│
├───────────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────┤
│2019 │ 7│
├───────────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────┤
│2020 │ 7│
├───────────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────┤
│2021 │ 11│
├───────────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────┤
│2022 │ 5│
├───────────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────┤
│2023 │ 3│
├───────────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────┤
│Grand Total │ 54│
└───────────────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────┘
Table 2: Breakdown by Case Outcome
The table below provides a breakdown of complaints by their outcome. We do
not use the terminology ‘tried’ to describe case outcomes, therefore I
have provided all case outcomes below.
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────┬─────────┐
│Case Outcome* │ Total│
├─────────────────────────────────────────────┼─────────┤
│Closed at Triage │ 1**│
├─────────────────────────────────────────────┼─────────┤
│Concluded following Provisional Enquiry │ │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────┼─────────┤
│Notify RO or Employer │ │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────┼─────────┤
│Concluded following Investigation │ 30│
├─────────────────────────────────────────────┼─────────┤
│Concluded following Investigation - Advice │ │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────┼─────────┤
│Action taken without a Hearing - Warning │ │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────┼─────────┤
│Action taken without a Hearing - Undertakings│ │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────┼─────────┤
│Concluded following Hearing │ 5│
├─────────────────────────────────────────────┼─────────┤
│Action taken at Hearing - Warning │ 1│
├─────────────────────────────────────────────┼─────────┤
│Sanctions applied at Hearing – Condition │ │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────┼─────────┤
│Sanctions applied at Hearing - Suspension │ 2│
├─────────────────────────────────────────────┼─────────┤
│Sanctions applied at Hearing - Erasure │ 7│
├─────────────────────────────────────────────┼─────────┤
│Still in progress │ 8│
├─────────────────────────────────────────────┼─────────┤
│Grand Total │ 54│
└─────────────────────────────────────────────┴─────────┘
*This data relates to the outcome associated with each individual
complaint, not individual doctors.
**With the one enquire closed at triage, the five-year rule was waived but
the concerns raised in the enquiry were subsequently considered as part of
an existing case which is why the matter was closed at triage.
Please find attached a description of the above case outcomes.
Table 3: Breakdown by Ethnicity
Please see the table below for a breakdown of the ethnicity of the doctors
that were subject to a complaint:
┌────────────────────────────────────┬──────────────┐
│Ethnic Origin* │ Total│
├────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────┤
│Asian or Asian British │ 18│
├────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────┤
│Black or Black British │ 4│
├────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────┤
│Not stated │ 3│
├────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────┤
│Other Ethnic Groups │ 2│
├────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────┤
│Unspecified │ 3│
├────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────┤
│White │ 24│
├────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────┤
│Grand Total │ 54│
└────────────────────────────────────┴──────────────┘
*Ethnic origin data is provided on a voluntary basis. Where we have not
had the opportunity to obtain this data, it is recorded as ‘Unspecified’.
Where a doctor has chosen not to provide this data, this is recorded as
‘Not Stated’.
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This exemption applies where the information is the personal data of a
third party and where releasing the information would breach any of the
principles relating to the processing of personal data listed at Article 5
of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). In this instance
disclosure would breach the first principle, which requires the processing
of information to be lawful, fair and transparent. I do not believe that
any of the legal bases for processing listed at Article 6 of the GDPR are
met and therefore giving you the information would be unlawful.
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received within 40 working days of our response. You can also appeal to
the [3]Information Commissioner, the regulator of the FOIA and DPA.
Kind regards,
Henna Janghir
Information Access Officer
General Medical Council
3 Hardman Street
Manchester
M3 3AW
Email: [4][email address]
Tel: 0161 923 6710
Website: [5]www.gmc-uk.org
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safe patient care across the UK. We set the standards doctors and those
who train them need to meet, and help them achieve them. If there are
concerns these standards may not be met or that public confidence in
doctors may be at risk, we can investigate, and take action if needed.
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_________________________________________________________________
Cyngor Meddygol Cyffredinol
Rydym yn gweithio gyda meddygon, cleifion a rhanddeiliaid eraill i
gynorthwyo gofal da a diogel i gleifion ar draws y DU. Rydym yn gosod y
safonau y bydd angen i feddygon a’r rhai sy’n eu hyfforddi eu bodloni, ac
yn eu helpu i’w cyflawni. Os bydd pryderon efallai na fydd y safonau hyn
yn cael eu cyflawni neu y gallai hyder y cyhoedd mewn meddygon fod mewn
perygl, gallwn ymchwilio, a gweithredu os oes angen.
Efallai bod y neges e-bost hon yn cynnwys gwybodaeth freiniol neu
gyfrinachol, y dylid ei defnyddio at y diben y’i hanfonwyd yn unig.
Os nad chi yw’r derbynnydd neu os ydych chi wedi cael yr e-bost hwn mewn
camgymeriad, peidiwch â’i ddarllen, argraffu, ail-anfon, storio na
gweithredu mewn ffordd sy’n dibynnu arni neu unrhyw atodiadau os gwelwch
yn dda. Dylech anfon e-bost at yr anfonwr ac yna, ei ddileu ar unwaith.
Mae’r Cyngor Meddygol Cyffredinol yn elusen gofrestredig yng Nghymru a
Lloegr (1089278) ac yn Yr Alban (SC037750)
Mae croeso i chi gysylltu â ni yn Gymraeg. Byddwn yn ymateb yn Gymraeg,
heb i hyn achosi oedi ychwanegol.
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Dear Henna Janghir,
In my original request I had asked 2 lists, list of doctors whose 5 year rule was waived and another list of doctors whose 5 year rule was not waived. You have given me a list of the first but not the second.
I would be grateful if you could give the ethnic details of the 7 that were erased.
Lastly, can you confirm that any one of the 7 was a student at the time of allegation.
Thanks for your help.
Yours sincerely,
Vandana Roy
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for information, please contact [1][GMC request email].
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Dear Vandana,
Thank you for your email.
I believe my email dated 16 July 2024 sufficiently addresses your request for the two lists; one for doctors who had concerns about them in which the five-year rule was engaged but subsequently waived, and the list for those doctors with concerns where the five-year rule was not waived.
I refer you to my explanation as to why I am not able to provide you with the second list:
"I am unable to provide you with a list of doctors as requested in your emails as this would breach data protection legislation. We believe it’s reasonable for doctors and complainants to expect that complaints will be treated as confidential. If a case progresses to a hearing, or an investigation concludes with a warning or undertakings, certain information may be made publicly available by the GMC, in line with our publication and disclosure policy for fitness to practise information. Otherwise the information is treated as the confidential personal data of the doctor and other parties involved. I have provided details of the relevant exemption under FOIA below."
If you would like to appeal my response, please set out your reasons in writing to [GMC request email] within 40 days from the date of my response.
As for the further questions in your email below, this will be set up as a new FOI request.
Kind regards,
Henna Janghir
Information Access Officer
General Medical Council
3 Hardman Street
Manchester
M3 3AW
Email: [email address]
Tel: 0161 923 6710
Website: www.gmc-uk.org
Dear Vandana Roy,
Your information request – IR1-4524602044
Thank you for your Email below dated 24^th July 2024.
How we will consider your request
We are going to consider your request under the Freedom of Information Act
2000 (FOIA). The FOIA gives us 20 working days to respond, but we’ll come
back to you as soon as we can.
Your request will be allocated to a member of the team. If you have any
queries please email [1][GMC request email].
Kind regards,
Information Access Team
General Medical Council
3 Hardman Street
Manchester
M3 3AW
Dear Vandana
Your information access request
Thank you for your email dated 24 July 2024, where you request the
following:
1. The ethnicities of the 7 doctors who were erased following a hearing
where the 5 year rule was waived; and
2. If any of the doctors were students at the time of the allegation that
led to their erasure.
I’ve considered your request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000
(FOIA).
Upon review of the data we previously provided on 16 July 2024, we
discovered an error. I apologise for any inconvenience this may have
caused. Please find the revised tables below.
Table 1: Breakdown by Year
The table below provides a breakdown by year for the period 1 January 2015
to 31 December 2023, for the number of complaints against doctors where
the five-year rule was waived based on the year we received the complaint:
Complaint Received Total
2015 3
2016 5
2017 5
2018 9
2019 7
2020 7
2021 11
2022 5
2023 3
Grand Total 55
Table 2: Breakdown by Case Outcome
The table below provides a breakdown of the complaints by their outcome.
As previously explained, we do not use the terminology ‘tried’ to describe
case outcomes, therefore I have provided all case outcomes below.
Case Outcome* Total
Closed at Triage 1**
Concluded following Provisional Enquiry
Notify RO or Employer
Concluded following Investigation 30
Concluded following Investigation - Advice
Action taken without a Hearing - Warning
Action taken without a Hearing - Undertakings
Concluded following Hearing 5
Action taken at Hearing - Warning 1
Sanctions applied at Hearing – Condition
Sanctions applied at Hearing - Suspension 2
Sanctions applied at Hearing - Erasure 8
Still in progress 8
Grand Total 55
*This data relates to the outcome associated with each individual
complaint, not individual doctors.
**With the one enquiry closed at triage, the five-year rule was waived but
the concerns raised in the enquiry were subsequently considered as part of
an existing case which is why the matter was closed at triage.
Once again, please find attached a description of the above case outcomes.
Table 3: Breakdown of doctors subject to a complaint by Ethnicity
The table below provides a breakdown of the ethnicity of the doctors that
were subject to a complaint, where the five-year rule was waived:
Ethnic Origin* Total
Asian or Asian British 19
Black or Black British 4
Not stated 3
Other Ethnic Groups 2
Unspecified 3
White 24
Grand Total 55
*Ethnic origin data is provided on a voluntary basis. Where we have not
had the opportunity to obtain this data, it is recorded as ‘Unspecified’.
Where a doctor has chosen not to provide this data, this is recorded as
‘Not Stated’.
Table 4: Breakdown of the erased doctors by Ethnicity
The table below provides a breakdown of the doctors ethnicities, who
received a sanction of erasure at a hearing.
Ethnic Origin* Total
Asian or Asian British 2
Unspecified 1
White 5
Grand Total 8
Q2 – If any of the doctors were students at the time of the allegation
that led to their erasure
I can confirm that one doctor was a medical student at the time of the
events that led to the MPT hearing.
Please note that more than one allegation can lead to action being taken
against a doctor.
Who to contact
I hope you find this information useful. If you have any queries about
this, or need anything further, please contact me on the details below.
Yours sincerely
Remi Owolabi (she/her)
Information Access Officer
General Medical Council
3 Hardman Street
Manchester M3 3AW
Email: [1][email address]
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safe patient care across the UK. We set the standards doctors and those
who train them need to meet, and help them achieve them. If there are
concerns these standards may not be met or that public confidence in
doctors may be at risk, we can investigate, and take action if needed.
This email may contain privileged or confidential information which should
only be used for the purpose for which it has been sent.
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do not read, print, re-transmit, store or act in reliance on it or any
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The General Medical Council is a charity registered in England and Wales
(1089278) and in Scotland (SC037750)
You are welcome to contact us in Welsh. We will respond in Welsh, without
this causing additional delay.
_________________________________________________________________
Cyngor Meddygol Cyffredinol
Rydym yn gweithio gyda meddygon, cleifion a rhanddeiliaid eraill i
gynorthwyo gofal da a diogel i gleifion ar draws y DU. Rydym yn gosod y
safonau y bydd angen i feddygon a’r rhai sy’n eu hyfforddi eu bodloni, ac
yn eu helpu i’w cyflawni. Os bydd pryderon efallai na fydd y safonau hyn
yn cael eu cyflawni neu y gallai hyder y cyhoedd mewn meddygon fod mewn
perygl, gallwn ymchwilio, a gweithredu os oes angen.
Efallai bod y neges e-bost hon yn cynnwys gwybodaeth freiniol neu
gyfrinachol, y dylid ei defnyddio at y diben y’i hanfonwyd yn unig.
Os nad chi yw’r derbynnydd neu os ydych chi wedi cael yr e-bost hwn mewn
camgymeriad, peidiwch â’i ddarllen, argraffu, ail-anfon, storio na
gweithredu mewn ffordd sy’n dibynnu arni neu unrhyw atodiadau os gwelwch
yn dda. Dylech anfon e-bost at yr anfonwr ac yna, ei ddileu ar unwaith.
Mae’r Cyngor Meddygol Cyffredinol yn elusen gofrestredig yng Nghymru a
Lloegr (1089278) ac yn Yr Alban (SC037750)
Mae croeso i chi gysylltu â ni yn Gymraeg. Byddwn yn ymateb yn Gymraeg,
heb i hyn achosi oedi ychwanegol.
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Dear General Medical Council,
Many thanks for your reply. Is it possible to give a summary of the 7 cases of the doctors who were erased ? Also could you give me details of the medical student who was erased through the MPTS hearing, when and details of his case. Thanks
Yours faithfully,
Vandana Roy
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delay in getting back to you with a further acknowledgement. We will do so
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Standards. You are welcome to contact us in Welsh and we will respond in
Welsh, without this causing additional delay.
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visit our website: [1]Home - GMC (gmc-uk.org)
General Medical Council
We work with doctors, patients, and other stakeholders to support good,
safe patient care across the UK. We set the standards doctors and those
who train them need to meet, and help them achieve them. If there are
concerns these standards may not be met or that public confidence in
doctors may be at risk, we can investigate, and take action if needed.
This email may contain privileged or confidential information which should
only be used for the purpose for which it has been sent.
If you are not the addressee or have received this email in error, please
do not read, print, re-transmit, store or act in reliance on it or any
attachments. Please email the sender and then immediately delete it.
The General Medical Council is a charity registered in England and Wales
(1089278) and in Scotland (SC037750)
You are welcome to contact us in Welsh. We will respond in Welsh, without
this causing additional delay.
_________________________________________________________________
Cyngor Meddygol Cyffredinol
Rydym yn gweithio gyda meddygon, cleifion a rhanddeiliaid eraill i
gynorthwyo gofal da a diogel i gleifion ar draws y DU. Rydym yn gosod y
safonau y bydd angen i feddygon a’r rhai sy’n eu hyfforddi eu bodloni, ac
yn eu helpu i’w cyflawni. Os bydd pryderon efallai na fydd y safonau hyn
yn cael eu cyflawni neu y gallai hyder y cyhoedd mewn meddygon fod mewn
perygl, gallwn ymchwilio, a gweithredu os oes angen.
Efallai bod y neges e-bost hon yn cynnwys gwybodaeth freiniol neu
gyfrinachol, y dylid ei defnyddio at y diben y’i hanfonwyd yn unig.
Os nad chi yw’r derbynnydd neu os ydych chi wedi cael yr e-bost hwn mewn
camgymeriad, peidiwch â’i ddarllen, argraffu, ail-anfon, storio na
gweithredu mewn ffordd sy’n dibynnu arni neu unrhyw atodiadau os gwelwch
yn dda. Dylech anfon e-bost at yr anfonwr ac yna, ei ddileu ar unwaith.
Mae’r Cyngor Meddygol Cyffredinol yn elusen gofrestredig yng Nghymru a
Lloegr (1089278) ac yn Yr Alban (SC037750)
Mae croeso i chi gysylltu â ni yn Gymraeg. Byddwn yn ymateb yn Gymraeg,
heb i hyn achosi oedi ychwanegol.
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Dear Vandana Roy,
Your information request - IR1-4559200995
Thank you for your email dated 20 August.
How we will consider your request
We’re going to consider your request under the Freedom of Information Act
2000 (FOIA). The FOIA gives us 20 working days to respond, but we’ll come
back to you as soon as we can.
Yours sincerely
Information Access Team
General Medical Council
3 Hardman Street
Manchester
M3 3AW
Dear Vandana Roy,
Your information access request - IR1-4559200995
Thank you for your email dated 20 August, in which you ask for a summary
of the 7 cases of the doctors who were erased following a Medical
Practitioners Tribunal Service (MPTS) hearing where the 5-year-rule had
been waived at the investigation stage. Just to clarify, there are 8
doctors in total, one of whom was a doctor but had been a medical student
at the time of the incident in question. I have considered your request
under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA). Please find below a link
to each of the doctors’ hearing record. This can be found on the ‘Doctor’s
history’ tab and then linked under Hearings.
[1]Heather Jean STEEN (1393013) - Doctors details page - GMC (gmc-uk.org)
[2]Graham Harold BARKER (1643976) - Doctors details page - GMC
(gmc-uk.org)
[3]Robert Henry TAYLOR (2619707) - Doctors details page - GMC (gmc-uk.org)
[4]Goksel CELIKKOL (2673882) - Doctors details page - GMC (gmc-uk.org)
[5]Robert George PADLEY (3340811) - Doctors details page - GMC
(gmc-uk.org)
[6]Emke FOPMA (4177649) - Doctors details page - GMC (gmc-uk.org)
[7]Mohammad TARIQUEZZAMAN (5172961) - Doctors details page - GMC
(gmc-uk.org)
[8]Ravish ROY (6156891) - Doctors details page - GMC (gmc-uk.org)
Who to contact
I hope you find this information useful. If you have any queries about
this, or need anything further, please contact me on the details below.
Yours sincerely
Lauren Barrowcliffe
Information Access Team Assistant
[9][email address]
General Medical Council
3 Hardman Street
Manchester
M3 3AW
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