GMC publishes report on deaths during investigations - GMC (gmc-uk.org)
GMC publishes report on deaths during investigations - GMC (gmc-uk.org) GMC publishes report on deaths during investigations Published 3 March 2022 The General Medical Council has published a report on doctors who have died while under investigation or during a period of monitoring . The data shows that sadly 29 doctors died while under GMC investigation or monitoring over the three-year period 1 January 2018 – 31 December 2020. The cause of death of 20 were from natural causes; six were of external causes, of which five were confirmed as suicide; and three were from unspecified reasons. The data, which will now be published on an annual basis, has been introduced following a new process for obtaining and recording the cause of death of doctors who die while they are in the regulator’s fitness to practise procedures . The work is part of the GMC’s wider drive to reduce the impact and stress of its processes. In recent years the regulator has c...