Will rolling the DICE decide the outcome for doctors with the new rules as the adagium, beyound a reasonable doubt will be replaced by the new reasoning that you are guilty of professional misconduct if it is more than 50% probable that it was your fault. A VERY strange new route and many doctors will face losing their homes, careers etc due to this new rule. It is very good to protect the patient but it seems that doctors are losing any right of a reasonable defence.
New rules expected to come into force within months will allow more doctors who undergo an investigation by the UK General Medical Council to avoid a public hearing by acknowledging their shortcomings and agreeing to undergo retraining or restrict their practice.
