The General Medical Council: introduction to the regulatory regime and fitness to practise

Tracey Longfield was joined by Ben Lambert and Anna Lyp, specialists in healthcare regulatory proceedings in Bevan Brittan’s Health and Care Regulatory and Resolution team, who presented on key issues surrounding the General Medical Council’s regulatory powers.

Ben and Anna covered: 

• the concept of ‘fitness to practise’; performance conduct and health cases
• GMC’s regulatory powers
• referrals and self-referrals to the GMC
• the stages and outcomes of a fitness to practise investigation.