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By Amanda Feeny, Consultant Solicitor at BMA Law, Healthcare and Regulatory. Not always: Five situations where doctors may be over-reporting themselves  Doctors rightly take their reporting obligations to the GMC seriously, however, sometimes more seriously than the rules actually require. In our experience, it is not under-reporting that causes problems nearly as often as the opposite: doctors assuming that any complaint, adverse finding or difficult…

By Amanda Feeny , Consultant Solicitor at BMA Law, Healthcare and Regulatory Suresh & Others v General Medical Council [2026] EWCA Civ 955 The Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal brought by the family of the late Dr Sridharan Suresh, confirming that the General Medical Council (GMC) does not owe a common law duty of care to doctors during fitness to practise (FTP) investigations. The judgment, handed down…

By Sajjid Kurmani, Consultant Solicitor at BMA Law GP partnership disputes rarely arise from one isolated event. More often, they develop gradually through a combination of governance gaps, communication breakdowns, historical decisions, and personal dynamics. When matters finally tip over the line into an open dispute, partners often feel pressure to act quickly. But acting without fully understanding the landscape can create significant risk. Over…

By Errol Archer, Consultant Solicitor-Advocate at BMA Law CQC’s current direction of travel regarding primary care inspections should be welcomed by general practice. The regulator is resurrecting its former approach, including more frequent inspections, clearer sector-specific expectations, and more professional judgement, rather than an overly mechanistic scoring system. For GP practices, the key development is that CQC is proposing a return to the use of…