Learning from Fitness to Practise Case Studies

All case studies are based on sections within the Medical Council's Guide to Professional Conduct and Ethics for Registered Practitioners

General principles - Section 1

• Allegation of falsifying education and training history
• Allegation of falsely representing previous experience when applying for a SHO position
• Allegation of falsifying CV and application form

Paramount responsibility to patients - Section 4

• Failure to apply adequate care to a patient

Appropriate skills and facilities - Section 12

• Allegations of inadequate skills and facilities

Physical and intimate examination - Section 15

• Failure to explain examination and failure to offer the opportunity to have a chaperone present
• Failure to seek consent for an examination and failure to offer the opportunity to have a chaperone present

Medical reports - Section 57

• Failure to supply medical records of a treatment of a patient

Prescribing - Section 59

• Allegations regarding the appropriateness of prescribing methods
• Allegations of unsigned and undated prescriptions
• Allegations of over prescribing significant amounts of Benzodiazepines
• Allegations of prescribing drugs to patients on demand
• Failure to administer medication and skills to administer correct medication to a patient
• Allegation of prescribing drugs irresponsibly