Patients' help - Handling complaints - The case examiners

The case examiners will consider whether or not the concerns are serious enough for the doctor to attend a hearing. Each case will be considered carefully and one of the following outcomes agreed:-

• to close the case without taking any further action
• to issue the doctor with a warning.
• to agree ‘undertakings’, for example the doctor may agree to retrain or work under supervision
• to refer the doctor to a fitness to practise panel of the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service

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