GMC responds to the CQC review of Castlebeck Group Services

In response to the CQC review of Castlebeck Group Services, published today, Niall Dickson, the Chief Executive of the GMC, said:

"We are deeply concerned at the report from the CQC which highlights significant failings at a number of institutions run by the Castlebeck Group.  We are working with the CQC to establish the role of doctors connected with these services and we will investigate any concerns that doctors may have failed vulnerable patients in their care.

"Patients and their families place a huge amount of trust in doctors and they have a professional duty to report any concerns they have about patients being put at risk. We can and do take action to remove or restrict a doctor's right to practise if there have been serious failures to protect patients."

The CQC reports are available on the CQC website: http://www.cqc.org.uk/newsandevents/castlebeck.cfm