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Fitness to practise barristers, Kings View Chambers looks at the right of appeal in fitness to practise cases and why early legal engagement matters.

The High Court dismissed midwife Olubokola Bridget Ajana’s appeal, upholding her NMC striking-off for incompatible conduct.

GPhC is preparing to trial an independent complaint handling service in response to a significant rise in fitness to practise reports.

Celebrity osteopath Torben Hersborg jailed for 3 years 5 months on 22 July 2025; placed permanently on UK sex offender register for voyeurism offences.

The BMA has called for a new professional regulator for doctors, arguing that the GMC is failing to support doctors and patient safety.

The interim order was extended, with the judge expressing some reluctance given the case’s protracted history and cautioning that future applications might be viewed less favourably if similar delays persist.

Practitioners will no longer have to evidence their continuing professional development to Social Care Wales.

A total of 1,146 candidates sat the registration assessment on 12 November, with 667 candidates passing the assessment: an overall pass rate of 58%.

Fitness to practise defence barrister Stephen McCaffrey discusses the GDC report on the dental professionals who died while fitness to practise concerns were investigated or remediated.

The court found that the RCGP’s decision regarding Dr. Karmakar was irrational due to the lack of coherent justification for the policy.

The NMC has published research that explores the challenges disabled professionals on our register can encounter when revalidating.