It has been made clear that all those doctors who were some or the other way part of fitness to practise hearings would now be dealt with by a new tribunal service. This would allow all the running hearings under the General Medical Council, to be handed over to the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service (MPTS).

While the GMC would continue to track down cases in the UK, MPTS panels would have the power remove or suspend a doctor. "Although panels already make their decisions independently, it is important that their autonomy is clear and that the oversight of their work is quite separate from our investigatory activity”, said Niall Dickson, chief executive of the General Medical Council, while making it all the more clear that there are expectations that MPTS would be able to increase public confidence in the system.

David Pearl, a law professor, former circuit judge and senior judicial figure with the Immigration Appeal Tribunal, Care Standards Tribunal, Judicial Appointments Commission and the Judicial Studies Board, has been appointed as the chairman. This new panel would be answerable to Parliament.

There is need to ensure that all the cases are being dealt with utmost fairness so that the lost belief in the system by people can be regained.