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New council takes GMC to High Court for undue leniency

Clare Dyer

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The bodies that regulate the conduct of doctors and nurses in the United Kingdom were taken to the High Court last week under new powers to challenge decisions of healthcare regulatory bodies for the protection of the public. In its first two cases, the new Council for the Regulation of Healthcare Professionals challenged a caution imposed on a nurse who viewed pornographic websites during his night shift on a children's ward, and a finding that a GP accused of having an affair with a patient was not guilty of serious professional misconduct. …

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The bodies that regulate the conduct of doctors and nurses in the United Kingdom were taken to the High Court last week under new powers to challenge decisions of healthcare regulatory bodies for the protection of the public. In its first two cases, the new Council for the Regulation of Healthcare Professionals challenged a caution imposed on a nurse who viewed pornographic websites during his night shift on a children's ward, and a finding that a GP accused of having an affair with a patient was not guilty of serious professional misconduct. …

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The bodies that regulate the conduct of doctors and nurses in the United Kingdom were taken to the High Court last week under new powers to challenge decisions of healthcare regulatory bodies for the protection of the public. In its first two cases, the new Council for the Regulation of Healthcare Professionals challenged a caution imposed on a nurse who viewed pornographic websites during his night shift on a children's ward, and a finding that a GP accused of having an affair with a patient was not guilty of serious professional misconduct. …

Key concepts: Misconduct, Undue influence, High Court, Law, Health professionals, Political science, Federal court, Health care

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