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Dr Robert Trossel struck off by GMC

  • RPC
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  • United Kingdom
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  • October 14 2010

In the March 2010 edition of our Medical Update, we reported on the Fitness to Practise proceedings brought by the GMC against Dr Robert Trossel

GP found not liable for failure to diagnose premature rupture of membranes 26 years ago

  • RPC
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • May 14 2010

The claimant claimed damages in negligence against his mother's GP as a result of the GP's failure in 1983 to diagnose premature rupture of membranes when the mother was pregnant with the claimant

Stem cell doctor subject to scrutiny by GMC Fitness to Practise Panel

  • RPC
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • March 3 2010

Dr Trossel, a stem cell doctor who practises in London and Rotterdam, is currently undergoing scrutiny by the GMC's FTP Panel

Appeal by nurse against NMC sanction dismissed

  • RPC
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • March 3 2010

The nurse had been working on an acute mental health ward

A prison medical officer’s failure to take a prisoner’s medical history amounted to a breach of duty

  • RPC
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • March 3 2010

Over the period from March to May 2005, the claimant, an inmate in prison, saw three different doctors complaining of a lump in her breast

Number of medical negligence claims following weight loss surgery soars

  • RPC
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • February 4 2010

Legal action following weight loss surgery has increased dramatically in the past two years

Calls for anonymity in sexual assault claims against doctors

  • RPC
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • February 4 2010

A gynaecologist was accused of sexually assaulting a patient during an examination

Conditions or suspension but not both

  • RPC
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • January 11 2010

Following concerns about his professional performance,an anaesthetist was suspended by the hospital trust which employed him and his case was investigated by the GMC’s Fitness to Practise Panel

Strike off a sanction of last resort

  • RPC
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • January 11 2010

A physiotherapist who had opened a clinic as a sole practitioner appealed against a decision by the Health Professions Council Conduct and Competence Committee to strike his name from its register of practitioners, following a complaint by a female patient

NHS trust found guilty of negligently causing a patient’s paraplegia

  • RPC
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • January 11 2010

An NHS Trust had performed an operation on the claimant to treat her scoliosis, a condition which causes curvature of the spine