Data regarding medical practitioners struck off or suspended by the GMC in relation to Covid 19 treatment.
Dear General Medical Council,
Since 2019, how many medical practitioners have been suspended, or had their licenses removed by the GMC in relation to Covid 19 patients, or *Covid treatments and/protocols.
And how many medical practitioners are currently under investigation by the GMC, in relation to treatment, protocols or the questioning of treatment for *Covid patients?
*(all variants)
Yours faithfully,
Laurence de Mello
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Dear Mr De Mello
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Dear General Medical Council
Your delay to the FOI request is now in breach of the law due to late response.
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Sincerely
Ms Laurence de Mello
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Dear Laurence
Your information request – IR1-3548452313
Thank you for your email dated 20 May 2022 requesting fitness to practise
information in relation to Covid. I have considered your request under the
Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA). I apologise for the delay in our
response.
Please see below a table showing the number of individual doctors with
cases relating to Covid between 1 January 2019 to 20 June 2022:
Individual Doctors (With Cases)
Case Outcome 2020 2021 2022 Total of Doctors
Still in progress** 6 27 9 41*
Sanctions applied at Hearing - Suspension 0 0 0 0
Sanctions applied at Hearing - Erasure 0 0 0 0
Total 6 27 9 41
*The data is based on the number of unique doctors with cases opened per
year. There were 42 cases opened in this period however one doctor had
cases opened in two separate years, therefore the total number of doctors
is 41.
**There are currently no suspensions or erasures relating to Covid
resulting from a Medical Practitioners Tribunal (MPT) hearing. However, of
the 41 doctors who still have a case in progress, four doctors are
currently suspended following an Interim Orders Tribunal (IOT).
At any point during an investigation, doctors can be referred to an
Interim Orders Tribunal (IOT) at the Medical Practitioners Tribunal
Service (MPTS), An IOT looks at whether a doctor's registration should be
restricted while we undertake an investigation in the concerns raised. It
is important to note that an IOT hearing does not conclude our
investigation. Whether or not an interim order is imposed, we will
continue to investigate the allegations against the doctor. Where we
decide to refer a doctor to a hearing at the end of our investigation, an
MPT hearing will take place. You can find more information about these
different types of hearings [1]here.
Who to contact
I hope you find this information useful. If you have any further questions
or any concerns about your request, please contact [2][GMC request email].
Yours sincerely
Henna Janghir
Information Access Officer
General Medical Council
3 Hardman Street
Manchester
M3 3AW
Email: [3][email address]
Tel: 0161 923 6710
Website: [4]www.gmc-uk.org
From: FOI
Sent: 20 May 2022 11:18
To: Laurence de Mello [5][FOI #863260 email]
Subject: RE: Freedom of Information request - Data regarding medical
practitioners struck off or suspended by the GMC in relation to Covid 19
treatment.
Dear Mr De Mello
Your information request – IR1-3548452313
Thank you for your email dated 20 May 2022.
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
Henna Janghir will be handling your request. If you have any questions you
can call them on 0161 923 6710 or email them at
[6][email address].
Kind regards,
Charlotte Adams
Information Access Team Assistant
General Medical Council
3 Hardman Street, Manchester M3 3AW
Email: [7][email address]
Website: [8]www.gmc-uk.org
Telephone: 0161 240 8125
Working hours: 8am to 2.30pm, Monday to Friday
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