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Dear Sasha Rodoy,

Your information request – IR1-4069099501

Thank you for your Email below dated 4^th September 2023.

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
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Yours Sincerely,

Alex Mason

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We work with doctors, patients, and other stakeholders to support good,
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who train them need to meet, and help them achieve them. If there are
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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.

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gyfrinachol, y dylid ei defnyddio at y diben y’i hanfonwyd yn unig.

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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.

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Dear Sasha Rodoy

Your information access request IR1-4069099501

Thank you for your email of 4 September asking for information relating to
Dr Jindal’s fitness to practise hearing. I’ve considered your request
under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA). I’m sorry for the delay
in providing this response and any inconvenience caused.

1.  West Midlands police have received at least three complaints from
Accuvision patients who claimed they were not operated on by the surgeon
named on their records, one of these being Patient A, as he was referred
to during Dr Jindal’s FtP hearing in May 2022. The legal assessor at that
hearing was Mrs Tehniat Watson (TW), who also works for West Midlands
police.

Did the GMC inform the MPTS of her COI when they were given details of the
tribunal members?

2. Which month was TW appointed as MPTS Legal Chair in 2022?

https://www.mpts-uk.org/hearings-and-dec...

3. Why is TW not listed on the MPTS website as a Legal Assessor?

4. Why was Dr Matthew Fiander appointed Tribunal Chair instead of TW? 

5. Prior to Dr Jindal’s hearing, was TW appointed as Legal Assessor on any
other MPTS hearing?

6. Prior to this, did TW sit on any MPTS tribunal panels as LQC?

I can’t provide further information on these points because it would
breach data protection legislation to give this to you. These are requests
for personal information relating to individuals, which is exempt from
disclosure under the FOIA. I’ve given details of the exemption under the
FOIA which applies below.

7. Who chooses the tribunal panel?

The MPTS empanels tribunal members based on their availability.

8. Who chooses the legal assessor?

The MPTS empanels legal assessors based on their availability.

9. How much are panel members paid per diem?

£325 is the current per diem rate.

10. How much is a Legal Assessor paid per diem?

£525 is the current per diem rate.

11. What was the total cost of hotel accommodation and travel expenses for
all parties at Dr Jindal's May-June 2022 hearing, including witnesses?

£7079.33

12. What was the total cost of the 2022 hearing?

£42,082.65. Please note this is inclusive of the hotel and travel costs
given above in the answer the question 11. This total also includes
payments made to panel members, the Legal Assessor, and the cost of
counsel. It does not include costs that we can’t quantify such as the
fractional costs of MPTS employees’ working time spent supporting the
hearing.

13. Does the MPTS have an independent legal adviser unconnected to the
GMC?

The MPTS does have legally qualified members of staff who can give advice
independently of the GMC’s fitness to practise directorate. They do not
provide legal advice to tribunals. They are employed by the GMC in the
same way as all MPTS staff.

The exemption

Section 40(2), by virtue of section 40(3A)(a)

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.

Your right to appeal

I'm sorry I couldn’t provide all the information you requested. If you
would like to appeal this decision please set out your reasons in writing
to [1][mpts request email]. Please note that we will only usually consider
appeals received within 40 working days of our response. You can also
appeal to the [2]Information Commissioner, the regulator of the FOIA and
DPA.

Yours sincerely

Edd Mustill

Information Access Officer

Information Access Team

General Medical Council

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T: 0161 923 7128

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