The handling by the General Medical Council of cases involving whistleblowers (19 March 2015)

Summary

The Right Honourable Sir Anthony Hooper was asked by the General Medical Council (GMC) on 5 September 2014 to conduct an independent review of how the GMC engage with individuals who regard themselves as whistleblowers. The terms of reference were:

“To conduct a review of how the General Medical Council handles cases involving individuals who regard themselves as whistleblowers and who have appropriately raised concerns in the public interest.

These are individuals:

• whose fitness to practise is being investigated or determined under the General Medical Council (Fitness to Practise) Rules 2004; or
• who have reported such a concern to the GMC.”

This is the report by the Right Honourable Sir Anthony Hooper to the GMC presented on the 19th March 2015.