The Shipman Inquiry

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Fifth Report

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The report is divided into the following:

Cover and Title [PDF, 93KB]

Letter from Dame Janet Smith [PDF, 511KB]

Foreword [PDF, 63KB]

Contents [PDF, 80KB]

Summary [PDF, 296KB]

Recommendations [PDF, 128KB]

Chapters

1

Introduction [PDF, 91KB]

2

The Conduct of Phase Two, Stage Four of the Inquiry [PDF, 170KB]

3

The Appointment of General Practitioners and the Administration of General Practice prior to 1980: Shipman's Appointment to the Donneybrook Practice [PDF, 133KB]

4

The Monitoring of General Practitioners from 1980 to 1998: the Arrangements for Monitoring in Tameside [PDF, 195KB]

5

Developments in the Arrangements for Monitoring General Practitioners since 1998 [PDF, 231KB]

6

Complaints and Discipline prior to April 1996 [PDF, 181KB]

7

Complaints and Discipline after 1996 [PDF, 189KB]

8

Raising Concerns about Shipman [PDF, 176KB]

9

Raising Concerns: the Role of the Practice Staff [PDF, 232KB]

10

Raising Concerns: the Death of Mrs Renate Overton Revisited [PDF, 208KB]

11

Raising Concerns: the Way Forward [PDF, 229KB]

12

Clinical Governance [PDF, 235KB]

13

Single-Handed Practitioners [PDF, 150KB]

Cover and Title [PDF, 93KB]

14

The Monitoring of Mortality Rates among the Patients of General Practitioners [PDF, 244KB]

15

The General Medical Council [PDF, 157KB]

16

The General Medical Council's Handling of Shipman's Case in 1976 [PDF, 335KB]

17

Serious Professional Misconduct and Seriously Deficient Performance: Problems of Definition [PDF, 157KB]

18

The General Medical Council Conduct Procedures: Initial Stages Conducted by the Administrative Staff [PDF, 382KB]

19

The General Medical Council's Conduct Procedures: Screening [PDF, 420KB]

20

The General Medical Council Conduct Procedures: the Preliminary Proceedings Committee [PDF, 382KB]

21

The General Medical Council Conduct Procedures: the Professional Conduct Committee [PDF, 347KB]

Cover and Title [PDF, 93KB]

22

The General Medical Council's Health Procedures [PDF, 301KB]

23

How the General Council Deals with Cases of Drug Abuse [PDF, 150KB]

24

The General Medical Council's Performance Procedures [PDF, 348KB]

25

The General Medical Council's New Fitness to Practise Procedures [PDF, 498KB]

26

Revalidation [PDF, 388KB]

27

Proposals for Change [PDF, 479KB]

Appendices

A

Participants in Phase Two, Stage Four of the Inquiry and Their Representatives [PDF, 55KB]

B

Participants in the Inquiry Seminars: 19th - 30th January 2004 [PDF, 60KB]

C

Respondents to the Inquiry's Stage Four Consultation Paper [PDF, 73KB]

D

Appraisal Forms for General Practitioners Working in the NHS [PDF, 1704KB]

E

'Following Shipman: a pilot system for monitoring mortality rates in primary care' Reproduced with Permission from The Lancet [PDF, 1722KB]

F

Participants in the Inquiry Seminars: 13th-14th October 2003 [PDF, 56KB]

G

'General Medical Practice' A General Medical Council Booklet [PDF, 3225KB]

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