Scientology: Brightmore: Council informed?

The request was successful.

William Thackeray

Dear General Medical Council,

I refer to the Annex to the Information Tribunal's Decision in case EA/2009/63 Thackeray v IC & GMC.

At para 28 this document states "There is also [public] interest in what happened to Mr B [Brightmore] in light of the events that led him to recuse from Dr A's hearing. The final stage in the process to remove him as a panellist should have been for the matter to be reported to the council. We were not provided with evidence that this was done or what publication scheme arrangements exist for the Council's minutes".

Please release all information relating to the matters discussed in the paragraph quoted above.

Many thanks for your assistance.

Yours faithfully,

William Thackeray

FOI, General Medical Council

Our ref: F10/2953/JG

Dear Mr Thackeray

Information Request

Thank you for your email of 1 May 2010 in which you request information in
accordance with the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act 2000
(FOIA).

We will consider your request and you will normally receive the
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email [1][email address]

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Janet Mauldridge

Information Access Team Administrator

0161 923 6324

[email address]

General Medical Council

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Manchester

M3 3AW

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Julian Graves (0161 923 6351), General Medical Council

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Our ref: F10/2953/JG

Dear Mr Thackeray,

Thank you for your request of 1 May 2010.

I can confirm that this matter was reported to our Fitness to Practise
Committee (FPC) in July 2004. The FPC was a committee of our Council and
was made up of Council members. I have attached above copies of the
relevant FPC paper and an extract from the minutes of this meeting. In
addition to members of the FPC, GMC President, Sir Graeme Catto and
Council Member, Mr Rob Slack were familiar with the outcome of our
internal review. We have no record of this issue being reported to Council
as such.

Minutes from Council meetings dating back to 1999 are published on our
website at the following link:

[1]http://www.gmc-uk.org/about/council/pape...

Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any queries regarding
this response.

Yours sincerely

Julian Graves

Julian Graves

Information Access Manager

General Medical Council

3 Hardman Street

Manchester

M3 3AW

Tel. no: 0161 923 6351

Email: [email address]

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