Friday 02 May 2025
Internal Reference Number: FOI_8523
Date Request Received: 19/03/2025 00:00:00
Date Request Replied To: 02/04/2025 00:00:00
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Request Summary: Investigate concerns against doctors - Maintaining High Professional Standards [MHPS].
Request Category: Researcher
| Question Number 1: In 2005, the government brought in Maintaining High Professional Standards [MHPS]. This allows trusts to investigate concerns against doctors. I am looking for the following information under the Freedom of Information Act because I cannot see it on your website or any publication. How many doctors work for your trust? By the term doctor, I mean those who treat patients, not those with a PhD, and/or who are not clinicians. | |
| Answer To Question 1: 880 | |
| Question Number 2: Break these into their ethnic groups and their corresponding grades e.g., white, black, Asian or whichever way you ethnically monitor your staff. If, for example, positions have fewer than five doctors in their grade and ethnicity, please use an asterisk and explain there are fewer than five. | |
| Answer To Question 2: BME 282 Ethnicity Not Stated 50 White 548 Consultant 231 SAS Doctor 68 Trainee Doctor 285 Locum Doctor 296 | |
| Question Number 3: Provide a key to explain your grading system e.g. lowest to the highest band or vice versa | |
| Answer To Question 3: Highest band is Consultants, followed by SAS Doctors, then Trainees. | |
| Question Number 4: In the following years, how many complaints did you receive about doctors under MHPS during the following years? 1 Jan-31 Dec 2021; 1 Jan-31 Dec 2022; 1 Jan-31 Dec 2023; 1 Jan-31 Dec 2024. | |
| Answer To Question 4: 4. 2021 <5 2022 0 2023 0 2024 <5 | |
| Question Number 5: Please break these down into ethnic groups e.g., white, black, Asian or whichever way you record your data for the corresponding years. If your numbers are fewer than five, then use an asterisk. | |
| Answer To Question 5: 2021 * 2022 0 2023 0 2024 * | |
| Question Number 6: Of these complaints, how many resulted in your investigating them? Please list these in the corresponding years. | |
| Answer To Question 6: 2021 <5 2024 <5 | |
| Question Number 7: Please break these down into ethnic groups e.g., white, black, Asian or whichever way you record your data for the corresponding years. If your numbers are fewer than five, then use an asterisk. | |
| Answer To Question 7: 2021 * 2024 * | |
| Question Number 8: Of these investigations, how many resulted in a sanction, adverse judgement or other disciplinary action? Please be clear about what the sanction was. Please list these in the corresponding years. | |
| Answer To Question 8: Numbers too small to disclose | |
| Question Number 9: Please break these down into ethnic groups e.g., white, black, Asian or whichever way you record your data for the corresponding years. If your numbers are fewer than five, then use an asterisk. | |
| Answer To Question 9: 2021 * 2022 * 2023 * 2024 * | |
| Question Number 10: Of all complaints how many resulted in a doctor being suspended during the inquiry? Please list these in the corresponding years. | |
| Answer To Question 10: Numbers too small to disclose | |
| Question Number 11: Please break these down into ethnic groups e.g., white, black, Asian or whichever way you record your data for the corresponding years. If your numbers are fewer than five, then use an asterisk. | |
| Answer To Question 11: 2021 * 2022 * 2023 * 2024 * | |
| Question Number 12: Of all the complaints how many did you refer the doctor to the GMC? Please list these in the corresponding years. | |
| Answer To Question 12: Numbers too small to disclose | |
| Question Number 13: Please break these into ethnic groups e.g., white, black, Asian or whichever way you record your data for the corresponding years. If your numbers are fewer than five, then use an asterisk. | |
| Answer To Question 13: 2021 * 2022 * 2023 * 2024 * | |
| Question Number 14: During your considering complaints, what is the average length of your investigations? | |
| Answer To Question 14: 3 to 6 months | |
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