Description
The failure by a doctor to disclose that he had been refused approval by another strategic health authority when asked to do so in the application form was sufficient grounds to suspend the doctor for one year even where the doctor had been told by one of the panel members who had refused his approval that he need not disclose it on a subsequent application. Although the doctor had not appeared at the panel hearing, it had done everything reasonable to ensure that anything that might assist the doctor was not missed including hearing the evidence of the panel member who have advised non-disclosure. In so doing the legal advisor was not required to give a summary of the evidence to the panel.
