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Witnesses are a vital part of fitness to practise cases. But we know from feedback that the experience can sometimes be time consuming and stressful. So we’ve worked with the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service (MPTS) to improve how we support witnesses throughout the process.

We’ve published updated guidance for our decision makers, including our case examiners, on how we consider concerns about doctors involving allegations of low level violence and dishonesty.

We’ve taken steps to minimise the impact of our investigations on the profession and health services, while continuing to ensure patient safety.

We’ve made some changes to make our data about doctors more useful for you and your teams.

We’re taking steps to help more overseas doctors attend our free Welcome to UK practice induction workshops.

As part of our ongoing work to make sure the information we share with you is secure and up to date, we’re making some changes to how you receive our decisions circular.

We’re experiencing increased demand for exam places from doctors who want to relocate to the UK from overseas.

From 23 March, if you recommend that a doctor’s revalidation date should be deferred, we’ll ask you to provide a small amount of additional information about your recommendation.

Improvements to GMC Connect - features to help with revalidation and fitness to practice referrals

We want to make sure our investigations take into account how workforce pressures or systems may have affected a doctor’s actions so, our investigations teams will shortly begin receiving human factors training.

New guidance has been published to support doctors in being reflective practitioners, developed in partnership.

The latest developments on the progress we've made to address the recommendations in Sir Keith Pearson's review of revalidation for responsible officers.