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GMC Collusion with Extortionists: Exposes Deep Corruption

The General Medical Council (GMC), the United Kingdom’s medical regulatory authority, has found itself at the center of an explosive scandal involving its active collaboration with Sasha Rodoy, an alleged extortionist posing as a patient advocate.…

Top Indian Origin Surgeon Fights Extortionists Group in The UK

Public hearing attended in person by our Manchester correspondent: Dr. Prashant Jindal, respected as one of the best refractive eye surgeon in the UK, is responsible for many game-changing innovations in the field, treating the most complex…

Major embarrassment for the GMC: Forced to withdraw decision

https://www.gponline.com/gmc-backs-reversal-gp-suspension-laptop-admits-tribunal-error/article/1791283 The GMC has admitted a medical tribunal was wrong to suspend a Manchester GP for a month over claiming she was promised a laptop and will…

Bloodgate doctor Wendy Chapman avoids being struck off

• Ruling said Dr Chapman did not act in patient's best interest • Fitness to practise not impaired despite actions, says GMC A doctor at the centre of the Harlequins "bloodgate" scandal was told today, at a hearing before the General…
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GP suspended over laptop request sparks ‘grave concerns’ over treatment of BAME doctors

Around 1,000 doctors have written to the Professional Standards Authority in anger at the “gravely concerning” decision to suspend a GP over her request for a laptop, suggesting it is an example of the unfair treatment of medical professionals…
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GMC is accused of complacency about discrimination in its work

An employment tribunal has ruled for the first time that the General Medical Council discriminated against a doctor on the grounds of race. Omer Karim, a mixed race consultant urologist who was referred to the GMC by his employers, was treated…

GMC targets elimination of disproportionate complaints and training inequalities

The General Medical Council has set new targets to eliminate disproportionate complaints from employers about ethnic minority doctors and eradicate disadvantage and discrimination in medical education and training. The targets, to be met…
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Statement on race discrimination Employment Tribunal ruling

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…

BMA demands overhaul of GMC processes after ‘incomprehensible’ laptop ruling

Leaders from across general practice have demanded that the GMC takes action on the ‘incomprehensible’ decision to suspend a GP over ‘semantics’ involving her work laptop. The Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service decision to suspend…
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Racism and the General Medical Council

A recent ruling that the GMC discriminated against a doctor on the grounds of race, calls into question the future role of the regulator, argue these authors In a landmark case against the General Medical Council (GMC), an employment tribunal…