MC inquiries are ongoing

The Medical Council has underscored that it has continued to receive and deal with complaints ahead of a priority Supreme Court hearing, which will settle the intended definition of the term “poor professional performance” under the Medical Practitioners Act 2007. The October 22 hearing is for the appeal by the medical regulatory body of a High Court ruling that overturned the Council’s fitness to practise (FTP) finding against consultant paediatric surgeon Prof Martin Corbally, in the process defining the term “poor professional performance” for the first time. Medical Council President Prof Freddie Wood stressed that poor professional performance constituted only…