This is @StoatlyL waiting to be called into the hearing on Dr Michael Webberley (MW) now at 3.30pm. The GMC counsel are Simon Jackson QC (SJ) and his junior Ryan Donohue (RD).
RD was the GMC counsel in Dr Adrian Harrop’s case which we reported last year on at @tribunaltweets
Dr Michael Webberley (MW) is represented by Rosalind Scott Bell (RSB). MW is not attending.
The counsel are attending online and the 3 tribunal members are in person.
Abbrevs:
GGP: Gender GP
GMC: General Medical Council
MW: Dr Michael Webberley
HW: Dr Helen Webberley
- her tribunal reconvenes 2 April
MPTS: Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service
Tribunal: Trib
VE: Voluntary Erasure
The tribunal has rejected MW's application to adjourn the hearing so he can pursue a review in the administrative courts. He hasn't retained RBS so he may be unrepresented when the tribunal continues at 9.30am Monday.
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Good afternoon and welcome to today’s reporting from the Tribunal Tweets team in Manchester by me, @StoatlyL. We do not know when session in public session will start.
The medical practitioners tribunal has been dealing with preliminary matters in private since 11am after >>
>> refusing the request to adjourn the fitness to practice hearing of Dr Michael Webberley, co-founder of Gender GP.
Abbrevs:
GGP: Gender GP
GMC: General Medical Council
MW: Dr Michael Webberley
MPTS: Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service
Tribunal: Trib
VE: Voluntary Erasure
The GMC counsel are Simon Jackson QC (SJ) and his junior Ryan Donohue (RD).
RD was the GMC counsel in Dr Adrian Harrop’s case which we reported last year on at @tribunaltweets .
We expect the counsel & witness to attend online and the tribunal members to be in person.
GMC counsel are Simon Jackson QC (SJ) and his junior Ryan Donohue (RD).
Dr Michael Webberley (MW) is represented by Rosalind Scott Bell (RSB). MW is not attending.
Chair: One of 3 tribunal members acting as Chair
We are back:
Chair is saying there is a later start tomorrow and a great deal of detail in the case and need to set thos out in the determination (D). Hoping for the D tomorrow or Wed latest and first expert to give evidence on friday
Good morning & welcome to the medical practitioners tribunal, today dealing with the request to adjourn the hearing to consider the fitness to practice of Dr Michael Webberley, co-founder of Gender GP.
Good afternoon from Day 4 of Dr Michael Webberley's (MW) tribunal @jeeeez17 here
Today's session started at noon but is currently in private session. We're expecting to hear progress re MW's application for voluntary erasure from the GMC register and if this has been successful.
@Jeeeez17 Please note that I have a frozen shoulder so I may be tweeting out in blocks during the day today if things are too fast for my shoulder's capacity. Thanks for your understanding
Abbreviations:
SJ Simon Jackson QC is counsel for GMC and his junior Ryan Donahue (RD)
We are not sure who will be representing MW today as his previous counsel is unavailable
The Tribunal has asked for the VE decision to be taken by the case examiners by Friday pm.
If erasure is determined, then it seems the misconduct evidence will not be heard.
We have, as a courtesy, deleted some tweets today on personal matters that were considered in public session on 9 March. The following tweets sign off the reports from that day's session.
TLDR: Dr Michael Webberley applied for voluntary erasure from the GMC register. The Tribunal say it is "unfortunate" that was not determined prior to the hearing today.
MW had two requests for postponement declined & recently provided new evidence for an adjournment. >>
Good morning & welcome to Day 1 of the medical practitioners tribunal considering the fitness to practice of Dr Michael Webberley, co-founder of Gender GP.
I'm @StoatlyL & will be live tweeting for you today from an MPTS "viewing room" in Manchester.
There are technical difficulties - so I am waiting in a physical waiting room.
I have been handed the detailed allegations - 42 pages. More on the allegations later.
Members of the Tribunal Tweets team have disabilities, and caring responsibilities so we asked MPTS and appealed to the GMC for remote access to this 100% virtual tribunal on the grounds of a reasonable adjustment.