Hearings and Decisions

In the Hearings and decisions section you can access information on the following.

Adjudication

Adjudication is when a doctor appears before the GMC to answer allegations. Read about our adjudication procedures and how they relate to our investigation procedures in our introduction to adjudication page.

Interim Orders Panel

Our Interim Orders Panel may make an order suspending a doctor's registration or imposing conditions upon a doctor's registration – prior to the doctor appearing to answer the full allegations. Read about the Interim Orders Panel.

Fitness to Practise Panel

Our Fitness to Practise Panels hears the full allegations against doctors, decides whether they are substantiated and if so, what sanctions are appropriate, if any. Read about our Fitness to Practise Panel.

Decisions

You can access the decisions of our Interim Order Panels and Fitness to Practise panels in our Decisions section.

Sanctions Guidance (information for lawyers and others)

Our sanctions guidance used by Fitness to Practise Panels is available on our Sanctions Guidance page. This information is most likely to be of interest for lawyers.