QMUL Fitness to study policy

This is used when, despite all efforts to support a student, their health has significantly impacts on their or others' ability to study.

Many students have physical or mental health concerns and only a very small proportion across QMUL will ever need to be subject to this. Where there are no professionalism concerns, this means students do not need to be subject to the Professional Capability process that the GDC requires.

When a student has done something deemed unprofessional e.g. in association with substance misuse, we would invoke this policy before referring to the Professional Capability Committee. This is because it allows the student to demonstrate that they have positively responded to the conditions laid out from this procedure and this is professional behaviour. We hope this will make the Professional Capability process more straightforward.

The key message here is to seek help early, take responsibility for your situation, make changes and avoid breaching any of the GDC's nine principles.