Table 2.
A breakdown of the number (and percentages) of Fitness to Practise referrals and eventual censures by allegation category, for both international medical Professional and Linguistic Assessments Board (PLAB) graduates and UK qualifying doctors
| International Medical Graduates registering via the PLAB | UK Medical Graduates | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allegation category | No. of allegations (% of allegations) n = 1607a | Relating to no. of doctors (% of doctors) n = 1182 | No of doctors censured (% of doctors with allegations censured in that category) n = 215b | No. of allegations (% of allegations) n = 2821 | Relating to no. of doctors (% of doctors) n = 2136 | No. of doctors censured (% of doctors with allegations censured in that category) n = 342a |
| Closed at triage | 458 (28.5) | 439 (37) | NA | 850 (30.1) | 812 (38.1) | NA |
| Clinical care | 368 (22.9) | 360 (30.5) | 43 (11.9) | 681 (24.1) | 663 (31.1) | 41 (6.2) |
| Compliance | 13 (0.8) | 13 (1.1) | 9 (69.2) | 6 (0.2) | 6 (0.3) | 3 (50.0) |
| Health | 56 (3.5) | 55 (4.7) | 33 (60.0) | 191 (6.8) | 185 (8.7) | 113 (61.1) |
| Breaches of GMPc | 46 (2.9) | 46 (3.9) | 18 (39.1) | 40 (1.4) | 37 (1.73) | 8 (21.6) |
| Probity | 418 (25.9) | 389 (32.9) | 162 (41.6) | 625 (22.2) | 593 (27.8) | 271 (45.7) |
| Relationship with patient | 147 (9.1) | 145 (12.3) | 14 (9.7) | 319 (11.3) | 307 (14.4) | 16 (5.2) |
| Teaching and supervision | 3 (0.2) | 3 (0.3) | 2 (66.7) | 9 (0.3) | 9 (0.4) | 3 (33.3) |
| Relationship with colleagues | 89 (5.5) | 89 (7.5) | 32 (36.0) | 100 (3.5) | 97 (4.5) | 23 (23.7) |
| Other | 10 (0.6) | 10 (0.8) | 0 (0) | 3 (0.1) | 3 (0.1) | 0 (0) |
aMany cases involved more than one type of allegation, with a total of 1607 separate allegation domains relating to the 1319 cases
bReferrals and censures can cover multiple categories therefore these values may not sum to a total
cGMP – Good Medical Practice, the duties of a doctor registered with the General Medical Council