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GMC fitness to practise: guidance and solicitor matching
Guidance separating GMC investigation work from MPTS adjudication for doctors facing professional-regulatory concerns.
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What this guidance covers
A stage-specific map for GMC / MPTS.
A GMC investigation can involve clinical evidence, employment material and professional judgement. Early work should clarify the allegation, preserve the record and coordinate any parallel process.
Use the supporting guides to move from the first notice through evidence, hearings, outcomes and any review. Start with the question raised by the latest letter rather than trying to read the whole process at once.
Common entry points
- A provisional enquiry or formal GMC investigation
- Clinical performance or serious misconduct allegations
- Health, probity or criminal matters
- An interim order or review hearing
- Undertakings or tribunal proceedings
Guides for each stage
8 focused guides in procedural order.
Start with the guide matching the latest letter or decision. From there, you can move to the stages immediately before and after it, or return to this overview.
GMC provisional enquiries and full investigations
A provisional enquiry can gather targeted information before a decision on full investigation. The notice should be read carefully so the response addresses the actual question and stage.
Read the guide Guide 02Responding before GMC case examiners decide your case
The response before case examiners should make factual positions clear and support any contextual, insight or remediation points with evidence. It should also address the practical consequences of proposed undertakings or warnings.
Read the guide Guide 03GMC performance assessments: what doctors should expect
A performance assessment is an evidence-gathering process, not simply a conventional examination. Its scope and preparation should be understood without rehearsing or contaminating the evidence.
Read the guide Guide 04GMC health assessments and fitness to practise
Health cases concern the effect of a condition on safe practice and current risk, not diagnosis alone. Sensitive evidence, confidentiality and possible monitored safeguards require careful handling.
Read the guide Guide 05GMC undertakings: agreement, monitoring and review
Undertakings are formal commitments that can restrict work and require monitoring. Their language, feasibility and review pathway should be understood before agreement.
Read the guide Guide 06MPTS Interim Orders Tribunal hearings
An MPTS Interim Orders Tribunal assesses temporary risk before final resolution. The evidence and submissions should focus on necessity and proportionality rather than trying the whole case.
Read the guide Guide 07Preparing for a Medical Practitioners Tribunal hearing
The GMC investigates and presents the case; the MPTS provides the tribunal that decides it. Preparation should track factual allegations, current impairment and any action on registration as separate stages.
Read the guide Guide 08MPTS conditions and suspension review hearings
A review tribunal assesses whether fitness to practise remains impaired and what, if any, restriction is still needed. Progress should be shown through verifiable evidence rather than assertion alone.
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