Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service

MPTS hearings make independent decisions about whether doctors, physician associates and anaesthesia associates are fit to practise in the UK

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More info about tribunal member training can be found in our Report to Parliament.📗
https://t.co/HmOKA9Z82B

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Each tribunal is made up of three people selected from our pool of more than 300 tribunal members.
They receive annual training and are required to keep their knowledge and skills up to date through our circulars and guidance updates.

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Deborah said: “I know the adverse impact adjournments can have on parties and witnesses”.
Our annual report sets out how she has done this.

Find out more about our work in the MPTS Report to Parliament. https://t.co/YaLRO78Nbh

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Our Chair, Deborah Taylor has been in post for a year and has been using her judicial experience to drive forward the MPTS's vision.
We are committed to reform and improvement and one of Deborah's first priorities was to reduce unnecessary adjournments.

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This year, for the first time, our Report to Parliament has been published in Welsh.

At the MPTS we're committed to complying with the Welsh Language Standards.

You can read our Welsh Report to Parliament here
https://t.co/GQhqGnBA3E

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Our 2023 Report to Parliament has been published today. The report covers Her Honour Deborah Taylor’s first year as Chair of the MPTS and focusses on some of the changes Deborah was keen to implement, such as work to reduce adjournments.
Read our report https://t.co/0pIsTEeO74

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Our Report to Parliament contains all our published data for the last year.

Find out more about our work 💻https://t.co/gtkonqB2a5

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You can find out more about our tribunal members and how we train them on pg12 of our Report to Parliament 👉https://t.co/gtkonqB2a5

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Decisions at our hearings are made by our tribunal members. Three tribunal members sit on each hearing and are drawn from a wider pool of around 350.

Each hearing has a medical member and a lay member, the third person is usually a legally qualified chair.

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You can access these resources here https://t.co/hrvU2a7Bg8

And find out more about the engagement of doctors in our Report to Parliament 📖 https://t.co/gtkonqAukx

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Our Resources for Doctors guides are designed to be a comprehensive, step by step guide through the different types of hearings

These are aimed at doctors who're going to represent themselves at our hearings but can assist anyone who wants to know more about how tribunals work

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More information about the different types of hearings we run can be found in our Report to Parliament 🖱️https://t.co/gtkonqB2a5

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We run different types of tribunal hearings for doctors whose fitness to practice has been called into question.

The aim of these is to protect the public in line with our over-arching objective.

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At a new Medical Practitioners Tribunal hearing the 3 tribunal members will work through up to three stages:

They'll determine whether any allegations were found proved, if the doctor’s fitness to practise is impaired and if there’s any action to be taken.

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We have a four-point vision setting out how we want to work to continue to provide an efficient and effective tribunal service.

This vision is defined each year by our Committee.

Read more about our vision 👉 https://t.co/gtkonqAukx https://t.co/9rOgMyf2DL

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Read our Report to Parliament
This document contains detailed information about the work of the MPTS, including the role of tribunal members and their responsibility to make fair, impartial and proportionate decisions
👉https://t.co/gtkonqB2a5 https://t.co/TTmcoCm8uO

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We're committed to transparency around our hearings and our processes.

Hearings sit in public in most cases and we publish decisions on our website.

We've also published data in this year's Report to Parliament about disproportionate referrals.

📖https://t.co/gtkonqAukx

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Info about what to expect if you’re giving evidence in a hearing can be found on the dedicated section of our website 🖱️https://t.co/PgNUDMcPBU

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Our tribunals hear evidence from witnesses who may be called by either the GMC or the doctor in the hearing. Giving evidence to a tribunal can be a challenging experience and some witnesses may also be vulnerable.

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We provide facilities for parties to support their witnesses at our hearing centre, including a purpose-built waiting room. In some cases witnesses may give evidence via video link.
There is more info about witness support in our Report to Parliament 📗https://t.co/gtkonqAukx