Inter-regulatory consultation
In deciding to cancel a referral to the Fitness to Practise committee of the General Medical Council of charges against a doctor the Council did not act unfairly in failing to notify the Singapore Medical Council when that body had already withdrawn the doctor’s name from the register for acts of professional misconduct in relation to such charges: Singapore Medical Council, R (on the application of) v General Medical Council & Anor [2006] EWHC 3277 (Admin). (Note: in that case the GMC had in fact sent notification by email which had not been received. The decision however was on the basis that notification was not necessary. The learned judge left undecided the question of whether the Singapore Medical Council lacked standing.)
Categories: Chapter 16, update