Regulating doctors, ensuring good medical practice

Gateways guidance: End notes

  1. 1. Roberts TE, Butler A and Boursicot KAM (2005) Disabled students, disabled doctors – time for a change? A study of different societal views of disabled people’s inclusion to the study and practice of medicine. The Higher Education Academy. Special Report 4. Back
  2. 2. HESA Student Record 2007/08. HESA cannot accept responsibility for any inferences or conclusions derived from the data by third parties. Back 
  3. 3. Into medicine: Positive experiences of disabled people (2007) is produced by Skill: National Bureau for Students with Disabilities. Available via www.skill.org.uk. Back
  4. 4. The Equality Act 2010 provides an exemption for indirect discrimination where the relevant provision, criteria or practice is justified, i.e. it is a proportionate means of achieving a legitimate aim. Back
  5. 5. Examples of reasonable adjustments are listed in the Appendix. Back
  6. 6. These examples are based on the former Disability Rights Commission’s post-16 Code of Practice. Back
  7. 7. These examples are based on the former Disability Rights Commission’s post-16 Code of Practice. Back
  8. 8. BMA News, 1 December 2007. Page 1. Doctor with MS: I was let down. Back
  9. 9. These examples are based on the former Disability Rights Commission’s post-16 Code of Practice. Back
  10. 10. These examples are based on the former Disability Rights Commission’s post-16 Code of Practice. Back
  11. 11. The paragraph references and quotations are drawn from the 2007 edition. Back
  12. 12. Certificate of Completion of Specialist Training. Back