Dr Mike Webberley suspended

If you are suspended from the register, then you can't call yourself a doctor, so how could you register yourself with the authority in Spain?

You lot are the best

I can't vouch for its accuracy, but according to this website UK doctors who relocate to Spain have to register locally and get liability insurance.

www.justlanded.com/english/Spain/Articles/Jobs/Doctors

"Qualifications & Registration

If you’re a general doctor or a specialist doctor in the EU, your qualifications will be recognised under the EU’s Sectoral Directive. General information is available from the EU website – specifically the fact sheets for recognition of medical qualifications in Spain (europa.eu.int), which provide details of what’s required for Spain and an email link for specific queries.

Your starting point in Spain should be the Ministry for Education, Culture and Sport in Madrid; the department you need is the Subdirección General de Títulos, Convalidaciones y Homologaciones. The Spanish Medical Association ( Consejo General de Colegios Oficiales de Médicos, www.cgcom.org) is the professional body for doctors. Although the site is only in Spanish, it contains a list of all the medical colleges throughout the country with their contact details. You must become registered with the college ( colegio) nearest to where you will be practising and must have professional liability insurance, which can be purchased relatively cheaply through the college. "

Surely continuing to practice whilst suspended must be enough to get them struck off?

You’d bloody well hope so!

What powers do the GMC have over a doctor offering services onilne when suspended.

I hope I'm wrong but it looks like they can't do much when the doctor in question is now just a website owned by a Belize-based company. Online GP services are registered and inspected by the Care Quality Commission, but that only applies to UK-based services. On the other hand, the Webberleys will have to register with the local regulatory body in Spain if they intend to provide medical services in Malaga. Can they get a registration when both of them have been suspended in the UK?

From the CQC website:
www.cqc.org.uk/help-advice/help-choosing-care-services/choosing-online-healthcare-service

If it's an online doctor service, check that they are registered with CQC.
Find them using the search box at the top of this page, or call us on 03000 616161.
If they are registered we will inspect to check that they are meeting the legal standards for safe, effective, high-quality and compassionate care. You can read reports of any inspection we have carried out.

Check who is dealing with your query and giving you advice.
Find out who works at the service and who you are dealing with. If they are based in the UK, check that they are registered on the General Medical Council register.
If they are registered overseas what are their details? Doctors who are not GMC-registered will not necessarily work to the same clinical standards.
Are all the doctors at the service registered?

It's all going - I imagine it would be considered an "aggravating factor" when considering a sanction.

Actually, surely it is now a matter for the police - it must be a criminal matter to hold yourself out as a doctor when you are suspended from the register?

You lot are amazing

Surely continuing to practice whilst suspended must be enough to get them struck off?

What powers do the GMC have over a doctor offering services onilne when suspended.

That's what I've been wondering. Anyone can search on the GMC website, and find that she's suspended, but is she actually breaking any laws by putting her GMC number and "I am a GP" etc on the web? And if so, can she be prosecuted for that even if she has moved to Spain?

What powers do the GMC have over a doctor offering services onilne when suspended. This is how she currently describes her service on MyWebDoctor:

I am a GP and a sexual health and hormone specialist. I can give advice on any medical matter, and I offer safe access to medical advice, prescription medication, blood tests and x-rays, and specialist referrals to your local private hospital as needed.

The Webberley's seem to have moved their GenderGP business offshore to get out of the reach of any sort of regulation.

GenderGP (c) 2015-2019 Owned by Spectrum Support Services Ltd. Company Number 173090. 3301 Chetumal Street, Belize City

I see that they have a clinic in Spain, a friend’s SIXTEEN year old dd in Spain has been put straight onto cross sex hormones. I am now wondering if she went to their clinic. I could cry.

rowan and fanny yes definitely ego likely motivation for Webberleys.

But also I believe likely motive also is freedom to act. I have seen this in a relative doctor who recently took a tough unusual job working on her own and told me that she loved being able to make the decisions, work in her own way and really contribute in the area

I think it also possible that the Shipman god complex could be considered as a motive. Narcissism too in that they get told constantly by the TRAs and a lot of clients how important and wonderful they are

lack of integrity and candour
There's a characteristic running through this whole toxic movement !

OldCrone

That Dubai article " Mirroring the NHS in its ease of access and high medical standards "

Why, oh why, has Mumsnet not giving us a 'crying with laughter' smiley yet?

(Though sadly, this is not really that funny, at the same time)

Helen, in case you're here grinding your teeth at the posters posting facts and links, here, have a

"She has deeply engrained attitudinal flaws which make it impossible for her to reflect in any real sense. She does not show any recognition of proper governance. She is unsuitable."

Ouch

Therapist (I use the term loosely) website here

<a class="break-all" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190428163756/transgendertherapy.co.uk/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">web.archive.org/web/20190428163756/transgendertherapy.co.uk/

twitter feed with fondness for gaystarnews.com here

https:/twitter.com/transgenderthpy

"Dr Webberley’s attitude is one of entrenched resistance to regulation and is highly coloured by her lack of integrity and candour".

That's basically the catch phrase for all these doctors and lobbyists.

Give me evidence its NOT all about the money.

LBBT should read LGBTQwhatever

I find it interesting that this news story appears to have broken on a Russian LGBTQwhatever website, namely gaystarnews.com

I just wondered whether this is a website that has popped up in the past here at all?

I am asking for a couple of reasons.

Firstly the website came to my attention only yesterday as it was promoted on the twitter feed of a highly dubious FtM trans therapist who uses NLP

Secondly, posters here may not know this but it is very common for Russian LBBT organisations to be infiltrated by or even founded by the Kremlin, at least according to a very interesting book I have been reading recently, this one

www.amazon.co.uk/Nothing-True-Everything-Possible-Surreal/dp/1610394550?tag=mumsnetforu03-21

sample chapter of great interest to feminists here

<a class="break-all" href="https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:orGmPMZs7hMJ:www.businessinsider.com/moscow-gold-digger-academy-2015-4+&cd=10&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=uk&client=safari" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:orGmPMZs7hMJ:www.businessinsider.com/moscow-gold-digger-academy-2015-4+&cd=10&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=uk&client=safari

The entire book is fascinating for anyone interested in the activities of the Russian state in relation to astroturfing, cults, social engineering etc.

It would be extremely interesting if the Russian website in the first to be in the know about Webberley

It’s all about the money?

Helen Webberley is also touting for business in Dubai. So maybe the money's going through a company there.

www.expatechodubai.com/new-to-dubai/british-gp-online/#more-248873

I also notice that there is no mention of her suspension on her My Web Doctor site.

Many GPs are naturally unwilling to prescribe bridging hormones, or to accept referrals from private, indeed on-line providers. But this is true in other areas, where a policy

"The expert opined that Dr. Webberley was not qualified to provide care to trans patients. He also felt that Dr. Webberley had not undertaken any recognised training pathway in transgender care and was not on a specialist register to be able to provide such care."

I would say GPs who value their reputation and registration not to mention wishing to do no harm are very sensible to steer clear of prescribing in an area where they lack expertise.

Nice little circular link between the pharmacy site and the Webberley’s (see text in red).

Sounds like a bit of a joint venture

Clear Chemist is working in conjunction with Dr Webberley (GMC #3657058) to ensure patients have full access to customer queries, advise on a wide range on healthcare and medications as well as arranging, if necessary investigations and onward referrals.
www.clearchemist.co.uk/about-us/