College issues clarification on Judicial Review judgment re: Applied Knowledge Test

“We are currently discussing our response to the Judicial Review with our lawyers.

“It is a complex judgment and relates only to the College’s reasonable adjustment policy for the Applied Knowledge Test rather than the MRCGP examination as a whole.

“The judge decided in favour of Dr Karmakar on one claim and found in the College’s favour on the remaining six points brought in this case. The judgment found that we were not in breach of the Public Sector Equality Act and that we had not failed to make reasonable adjustments nor indirectly discriminated against the candidate. Our wider policy on reasonable adjustments for candidates was never called into question.

“We hope this helps clarify the situation and will be issuing a further statement on next steps as soon as possible.”

Further information

RCGP press office: 0203 188 7659
press@rcgp.org.uk

Notes to editors

The Royal College of General Practitioners is a network of more than 54,000 family doctors working to improve care for patients. We work to encourage and maintain the highest standards of general medical practice and act as the voice of GPs on education, training, research and clinical standards.