Doctors, negligence and the GMC

Profile of the GMC: Overseas doctors: diminishing controversy.

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GMC clears doctors who signed cremation forms for Shipman.

BMJ VOLUME 331 16 JULY 2005 bmj.com Four GPs who signed the cremation forms of patients murdered by serial killer Harold Shipman have been cleared of serious professional misconduct by the General Medical Council. Doctors Jeremy Dirckze, Stephen Farrar, Alastair MacGillivray, and Susan Booth, who all worked close to Dr Shipman’s surgery in Hyde, Greater Manchester, between them signed 214 crema...

Women and the GMC.

Dr George Percival joined the consultant staff when the new building was opened in 1936. Trained in Paris, Lausanne, and Zurich, he knew as well as Dr Jamieson how to deal with leg eczema. Sir Robert Grant, the head of a family already lavishly generous to the University of Edinburgh, was aware of the damage that skin disease could do to his employees, and was unhappy when he developed eczema o...

Southall: the GMC responds.

Knowledge about Medical Law and Its Negligence among Doctors: A Cross-Sectional Study

Objective: To assess the knowledge of health care professionals regarding medico-legal aspects and its negligence. Materials and Methods: This descriptive epidemiological study was conducted among two specialties of health professionals. The total study sample composed of 123 doctors out of which 68 were males and 55 were females. A self structured questionnaire was developed to assess the awar...