[1]: 2 The decisions can involve quasi-judicial proceedings, that are constrained in some countries by judicial review on the grounds of procedural fairness.
[6]: 2 The GMC investigation involves giving the doctor an opportunity to respond, before obtaining expert evidence and written witness statements for involved parties, as well as carrying out assessments of a doctors competence or health.
[6]: 11 The GMC may then choose to suspend the doctor pending a decision at a MPTS trial.
[6]: 12 MPTS cases are held in public unless they involve matters of a doctors health.
[6]: 19 An appeal to the High Court of Justice can be made if a doctor disagrees with the outcome.