country wise breakdown of sanctions applied to doctors in UK
Dear General Medical Council,
Under the FOI act, i would appreciate if you could provide me the following-
1. Different sanctions applied to doctors under GMC FTP and breakdown as per their country of graduation/basic medical qualification.
2. I would like this data if possible, for last 5 years if not, then last 3 years.
Yours faithfully,
Samantha Eddy
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Dear Ms Eddy,
Your information request – IR1-2790147491
Thank you for your email dated 31 August, in which you ask for the
different sanctions applied to doctors under GMC FTP and breakdown as per
their country of graduation/basic medical qualification in the last 5
years.
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.
Who to contact
Matt McCoig-Lees will be handling your request. If you have any questions
you can contact him via email at [1][email address].
Unfortunately, due to the pandemic outbreak we are currently operating at
reduced capacity. It may therefore take us longer to respond to your
request. We apologise for any inconvenience caused.
Yours sincerely
Lauren Barrowcliffe
Information Access Team Assistant
General Medical Council
3 Hardman Street
Manchester
M3 3AW
Dear Ms Eddy
I write further to previous correspondence with a response under the
Freedom of Information Act 2000. Please find a table below that provides
the data for five years, answering your questions.
The data shows sanctions applied from 2015-2019. The 2142 outcomes relate
to 2146 doctors, some of whom have more than one case against them.
Sanctions are applied by a Medical Practitioners’ Tribunal (MPT). The GMC
does also have powers to agree undertakings with a doctor or to issue a
warning at the conclusion of an investigation, without referral to a MPT –
we have included these for your reference.
I have amalgamated some countries where the numbers are very low and may
lead to identification of specific doctors. If a country is not listed
below, then there have been no sanctions, undertakings or warnings
concerning doctors with a PMQ from that country for the period in
question.
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|PMQ Country|Concluded following |Concluded |Sanctions|Sanctions|Sanctions |Sanctions|Grand|
| |investigation-Warning|following |applied |applied |applied at|applied |Total|
| | |investigation-|at |at |Hearing - |at | |
| | |Undertakings |Hearing -|Hearing -|Suspension|Hearing -| |
| | | |Warning |Condition| |Erasure | |
|-----------+---------------------+--------------+---------+---------+----------+---------+-----|
|Amalgamated|10 |18 | |2 |19 |10 |59 |
|Countries | | | | | | | |
|-----------+---------------------+--------------+---------+---------+----------+---------+-----|
|Austria | |2 | | |3 | |5 |
|-----------+---------------------+--------------+---------+---------+----------+---------+-----|
|Bangladesh |3 |4 | | |1 |2 |10 |
|-----------+---------------------+--------------+---------+---------+----------+---------+-----|
|Belgium | | | | |6 |2 |8 |
|-----------+---------------------+--------------+---------+---------+----------+---------+-----|
|Bulgaria |2 |3 |1 |2 |5 |5 |18 |
|-----------+---------------------+--------------+---------+---------+----------+---------+-----|
|Czech |6 |12 | |1 |3 |2 |24 |
|Republic | | | | | | | |
|-----------+---------------------+--------------+---------+---------+----------+---------+-----|
|Egypt |7 |19 |4 |2 |16 |21 |69 |
|-----------+---------------------+--------------+---------+---------+----------+---------+-----|
|Germany |6 |8 |1 |1 |7 |12 |35 |
|-----------+---------------------+--------------+---------+---------+----------+---------+-----|
|Ghana |1 |2 | | |2 |2 |7 |
|-----------+---------------------+--------------+---------+---------+----------+---------+-----|
|Greece |4 |4 | | |6 |5 |19 |
|-----------+---------------------+--------------+---------+---------+----------+---------+-----|
|Hungary |4 |2 | |2 |2 |6 |16 |
|-----------+---------------------+--------------+---------+---------+----------+---------+-----|
|India |63 |70 |8 |4 |79 |55 |279 |
|-----------+---------------------+--------------+---------+---------+----------+---------+-----|
|Iran |4 | | | |4 |2 |10 |
|-----------+---------------------+--------------+---------+---------+----------+---------+-----|
|Iraq |12 |3 |2 |1 |6 |8 |32 |
|-----------+---------------------+--------------+---------+---------+----------+---------+-----|
|Ireland |4 |14 |1 |1 |9 |13 |42 |
|-----------+---------------------+--------------+---------+---------+----------+---------+-----|
|Italy |8 |10 |1 |3 |8 |11 |41 |
|-----------+---------------------+--------------+---------+---------+----------+---------+-----|
|Jamaica |2 |5 | | |1 |4 |12 |
|-----------+---------------------+--------------+---------+---------+----------+---------+-----|
|Latvia |1 |1 | | |2 | |4 |
|-----------+---------------------+--------------+---------+---------+----------+---------+-----|
|Libyan Arab| |4 | |1 |4 |2 |11 |
|Jamahiriya | | | | | | | |
|-----------+---------------------+--------------+---------+---------+----------+---------+-----|
|Malta |1 |1 | |1 |2 |1 |6 |
|-----------+---------------------+--------------+---------+---------+----------+---------+-----|
|Myanmar |1 | | | |2 |1 |4 |
|-----------+---------------------+--------------+---------+---------+----------+---------+-----|
|Nepal |2 |2 | | |2 | |6 |
|-----------+---------------------+--------------+---------+---------+----------+---------+-----|
|Netherlands| |3 | |2 |3 |5 |13 |
|-----------+---------------------+--------------+---------+---------+----------+---------+-----|
|New Zealand|2 | | |1 |1 | |4 |
|-----------+---------------------+--------------+---------+---------+----------+---------+-----|
|Nigeria |16 |17 |2 |4 |29 |15 |83 |
|-----------+---------------------+--------------+---------+---------+----------+---------+-----|
|Pakistan |27 |23 |4 |10 |31 |26 |121 |
|-----------+---------------------+--------------+---------+---------+----------+---------+-----|
|Poland |14 |7 |2 |14 |10 |10 |57 |
|-----------+---------------------+--------------+---------+---------+----------+---------+-----|
|Romania |14 |3 | |3 |11 |5 |36 |
|-----------+---------------------+--------------+---------+---------+----------+---------+-----|
|Russian |5 |2 | |1 |4 |3 |15 |
|Federation | | | | | | | |
|-----------+---------------------+--------------+---------+---------+----------+---------+-----|
|South |8 |4 |1 | |5 |4 |22 |
|Africa | | | | | | | |
|-----------+---------------------+--------------+---------+---------+----------+---------+-----|
|Spain |3 |5 | | |4 |1 |13 |
|-----------+---------------------+--------------+---------+---------+----------+---------+-----|
|Sri Lanka |3 |4 | | |6 |5 |18 |
|-----------+---------------------+--------------+---------+---------+----------+---------+-----|
|Sudan |5 |2 |1 | |3 |4 |15 |
|-----------+---------------------+--------------+---------+---------+----------+---------+-----|
|Syrian Arab|2 |3 |1 | |1 |4 |11 |
|Republic | | | | | | | |
|-----------+---------------------+--------------+---------+---------+----------+---------+-----|
|Uganda |1 |1 | | |1 |1 |4 |
|-----------+---------------------+--------------+---------+---------+----------+---------+-----|
|Ukraine |1 | | | |2 |2 |5 |
|-----------+---------------------+--------------+---------+---------+----------+---------+-----|
|United |239 |286 |27 |53 |193 |206 |1004 |
|Kingdom | | | | | | | |
|-----------+---------------------+--------------+---------+---------+----------+---------+-----|
|Zimbabwe | |1 | | | |3 |4 |
|-----------+---------------------+--------------+---------+---------+----------+---------+-----|
|Grand Total|481 |544 |56 |109 |493 |458 |2142 |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
The amalgamated countries are:
Afghanistan, Algeria, Antigua And Barbuda, Argentina, Australia, Belarus,
Bosnia And Herzegovina, Brazil, Cameroon, Canada, China, Colombia,
Croatia, France, Georgia, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jordan, Kuwait,
Kyrgyzstan, Liberia, Lithuania, Mexico, Peru, Philippines, Portugal,
Serbia, Singapore, Sint Maarten, Slovakia, Somalia, Switzerland, Tunisia,
Turkey, Yemen Zambia.
I hope you find this information helpful. If you have any comments on how
I have handled your concerns please email [1][GMC request email].
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Kind Regards
Matt
Matthew McCoig-Lees
Information Access Officer
Information Access Team
General Medical Council
3 Hardman Street
Manchester
M3 3AW
Email: [2][email address]
Website: [3]www.gmc-uk.org
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Subject: RE: Freedom of Information request - country wise breakdown of
sanctions applied to doctors in UK
Dear Ms Eddy,
Your information request – IR1-2790147491
Thank you for your email dated 31 August, in which you ask for the
different sanctions applied to doctors under GMC FTP and breakdown as per
their country of graduation/basic medical qualification in the last 5
years.
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.
Who to contact
Matt McCoig-Lees will be handling your request. If you have any questions
you can contact him via email at [5][email address].
Unfortunately, due to the pandemic outbreak we are currently operating at
reduced capacity. It may therefore take us longer to respond to your
request. We apologise for any inconvenience caused.
Yours sincerely
Lauren Barrowcliffe
Information Access Team Assistant
[6][email address]
General Medical Council
3 Hardman Street
Manchester
M3 3AW
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