Investigation Committee hearings for doctors

The Investigation Committee considers whether a doctor should be issued with a warning. Investigation Committee hearings are conducted in accordance with The General Medical Council (Fitness to Practise) Rules 2004.

Where we decide at the end of an investigation that a warning should be issued, and the doctor does not accept the warning, the matter will be referred to the committee to decide at an oral hearing. A doctor may also choose to have a decision about a warning referred to a committee hearing.

We only publish the outcome of hearings where the committee issued a warning.