Doctor faces new charges of wrongfully practising as a GP after GMC wins appeal

A doctor who was cleared by a medical practitioners tribunal of any misconduct is facing a new tribunal after the General Medical Council successfully appealed to the High Court. The GMC’s charges relate to attempts by Valentine Udoye, who qualified in Nigeria and worked there as a GP, to achieve the right to practise as a GP in the UK.He undertook the first year of GP training in Scotland, but his immigration status prevented him from completing the second year. Looking for alternative routes, he applied to the NHS’s National Recruitment Office in May 2016 to join the NHS’s GP Induction and Refresher Scheme, then applied to the GMC in September 2016 for a certificate of eligibility for GP registration (CEGPR).The Induction and Refresher scheme was for doctors previously on the GP register, but Udoye had never been on the register. He was offered a six month placement under the…
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