Fitness to practice investigation

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Dear General Medical Council,

Please provide the following information under FOIA for last 3 years :

1. How many doctors were subjected to fitness to practice investigation by GMC in last 3 years ?

2. Out of the doctors subjected to investigation above, please provide the ethnic breakdown of the above numberof doctors in percentage of various ethnicity ?

3. Please also provide the ethnicity breakdown percentages of all the GMC investigators & case examiners (without disclosing individually) in all the above cases .
(This means what is the ethnic breakdown percentage of the total different types of investigators & case examiners in last 3 years )

4. How many of the above doctors were struck off the medical register after such investigation & please provide the ethnic breakdown of such doctors?

Yours faithfully,

vinay kumar

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Dear Mr Kumar

Your information request – F17/8856/LG

Thank you for email dated 26 April 2017, asking for the ethnic breakdown of all doctors over last 3 years subjected to FTP investigations.

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.

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Louise Gormley will be handling your request. If you have any questions you can call her on 0161 923 6311 or email her at [email address].

Yours sincerely

Jenny Davis
Information Access Assistant
[email address]
0161 240 8178

General Medical Council
3 Hardman Street
Manchester
M3 3AW

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Louise Gormley (0161 923 6311), General Medical Council

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Our reference: F17/8856/LG

 

Dear Mr Kumar

 

Thank you for your email dated 26 April 2017, in which you request
information about doctors involved in fitness to practise investigations
in the last three years.

 

In response to your request please find below a link to our State of
medical education and practice in the UK report: 2016:

 

Here you will find information about doctors investigated, including a
breakdown by ethnicity and outcomes:

[1]http://www.gmc-uk.org/GMC_SOMEP_2016_Ref...

 

I also attach as requested the ethnicity breakdown of the FTP
investigation teams and case examiners. Please note the attached data does
not include temporary staff or contractors as we do not hold ethnicity
data for them.

 

I hope this information is useful.

 

Kind regards

 

Louise

 

Louise Gormley

Information Access Officer
Resources and Quality Assurance Directorate
 
Direct Line: 0161 923 6311
Email:        [2][email address]
Website:    [3]www.gmc-uk.org
Address:    Information Access Team
                 General Medical Council
                 3 Hardman Street

                 Manchester

                 M3 3AW

 

 

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education and practice in the UK by setting standards for students and
doctors. We support them in achieving (and exceeding) those standards, and
take action when they are not met.

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