medical supervisor

medical supervisor

A term used in the context of General Medical Council (GMC) Fitness to Practise cases in which a doctor’s fitness to practise is impaired through ill health. A medical supervisor is appointed from an approved list held by the GMC, who meets with the doctor regularly to discuss his or her progress, and liaise with treating doctors and the workplace/ remedial/educational supervisors. The medical supervisor reports to the GMC on a regular basis, setting out his or her opinion in relation to the doctor’s progress under treatment, compliance with conditions or undertakings and fitness to practise in general.