Following the judgment by Reading Employment Tribunal in the case of Mr Omer Karim, the General Medical Council (GMC) has sought legal advice on the ruling.

The Council of the GMC – the governing body made up of six medical and six non-medical members – has considered the ruling and its implications and taken the decision to appeal the tribunal’s judgment.

Dame Clare Marx, Chair of the GMC, said:

‘We know that many doctors feel discriminated against by the way in which referrals to the GMC are handled, and there remains much for us and others to do to change that.

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The BMA has urged the GMC to launch an urgent evaluation of its fitness-to-practise (FTP) procedure after a tribunal found it racially discriminated against a doctor.

Reading Employment Tribunal ruled that the GMC had discriminated against consultant urologist Dr Omer Karim because of his race during an investigation into his conduct.

The tribunal concluded that Dr Karim, who worked at Wexham Park Hospital in Slough, Berkshire, had received ‘less favourable treatment’ than a white colleague during a GMC investigation in 2014.

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