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Improving patient, family and colleague witnesses’ experiences of Fitness to Practise proceedings

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The first quote reads: ‘Interviewer: Why do you think cross-examination is so stressful?’ The second quote reads: ‘Panel member: Partly because people think they are not being believed and people think they are not telling the truth … Comes across that you are telling lies when you genuinely believe something has happened or happened for a certain reason. If you press them, it’s as if you are accusing them of not telling the truth but they may have been 100% certain that they are right. Can be very frustrating to be accused of not telling the truth.’