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Legal representation at tribunals slashes risk of erasure, figures show

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Doctors who face medical practitioner tribunals without legal representation are at much greater risk of being struck off than those who have lawyers appearing for them, new figures show. Some… Click to show full abstract

Doctors who face medical practitioner tribunals without legal representation are at much greater risk of being struck off than those who have lawyers appearing for them, new figures show. Some 78% of doctors who were erased from the UK medical register from March 2015 to March 2018 had no legal representation. In the same period 80% of those who received no sanction and were able to continue practising …

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Journal Title: British Medical Journal
Year Published: 2018

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