Receiving notice of your hearing

  1. Summary
  2. Overview of medical practitioners tribunals
  3. Representation and support
  4. Hearing dates and pre-hearing case management
  5. Receiving notice of your hearing
  6. Preparing for your hearing – practical steps
  7. Preparing for your hearing – evidence
  1. Starting the hearing
  2. Facts stage
  3. Impairment stage
  4. Sanctions stage
  5. Adverse inferences, refusals to admit evidence and costs awards
  6. After your hearing

What happens when you're referred to a hearing

In this part you'll find out how you'll receive formal notice of your hearing, as well the notice of allegation from the GMC. You'll learn about:

  • the notice of hearing and notice of allegation
  • deciding whether to attend your hearing
  • how to apply for a postponement of the hearing.
Part 4 - Receiving notice of your medical practitioners tribunal hearing
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Related content

Doctor contact service Our doctor contact service can help lessen the isolation and stress on the day of your hearing.
Postponement application form Use this form if you'd like to apply to postpone your hearing.