Update on the Helen Webberly case.
Usually judgement in a medical practitioner tribunal is handed down within 3 months of the evidence being concluded.
No date has been given.
Usually judgement in a medical practitioner tribunal is handed down within 3 months of the evidence being concluded.
No date has been given.
Helen Webberley (HW) has not been able to work as a doctor since the Interim Orders Tribunal (IOT) run by the Medical Practitioner Tribunal Service suspended her license in May 2017 after initial GMC investigations of the complaint in 2016.
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Last week the High Court heard the GMC application to further extend the suspension of HW's license to practice until August 2021.
The judge was told that the judgement in her tribunal wouldn’t happen until April 2022, over 6 months since the Stage 1 of the tribunal completed.
The judge was told that the judgement in her tribunal wouldn’t happen until April 2022, over 6 months since the Stage 1 of the tribunal completed.
The following is based on a thread reporting the High Court hearing by @GenderGP which says that the GMC didn’t give the judge the reason why judgement is delayed.
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HW’s counsel said the case against HW “comes down to a difference of opinion between 2 schools of thought in how to treat trans patients.”
The GMC’s counsel disagred, saying that the allegations were about consent, inadequate assessment, >>
The GMC’s counsel disagred, saying that the allegations were about consent, inadequate assessment, >>
failings in relation record keeping and probity, not only prescribing.
The GMC is trying to get the MPTS to arrange for the tribunal to have an earlier hearing.
The GMC is trying to get the MPTS to arrange for the tribunal to have an earlier hearing.
The judge asked about mechanisms to lift the suspension to be lifted with conditions, such as a commitment to the court not to treat patients without a multidisciplinary team (MDT). The judge said the IOT would be more effective than the court at monitoring conditions imposed.
HW’s lawyer said HW is willing to give an undertaking to the court, including a commitment to work with an MDT.
The GMC lawyer said the GMC may seek a more extensive list of undertakings, referring it to the IOT so undertakings can be turned into conditions.
The GMC lawyer said the GMC may seek a more extensive list of undertakings, referring it to the IOT so undertakings can be turned into conditions.
The High Court hearing resumes on Monday 6 December, when the judge will consider preliminary submissions re the undertakings and the IOT.
You can read our reports on the evidence stage here and also at threadreader. threadreaderapp.com/user/tribunalt…
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