April 2016

GMC seeks views on improving medical professionals’ expert abilities and capabilities The GMC and the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges (AoMRC) have released an assessment focused on making medical professionals better experts, communicators and leaders. For the next 3 months views on a proposed framework for generic expert abilities will be sought, consisting of the …

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GMC response to BMA tally result The British Medical Association (BMA) has announced the outcomes of its tally of junior members in England and has confirmed that it will hold 3 days of commercial action in December. Niall Dickson, the President of the General Medical Council, said: ‘We are dissatisfied that it has not yet …

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Junior doctors’ strike set to go ahead as Jeremy Hunt declines compromise Medical facilities are settling strategies to help them deal with Two Days of extraordinary disruption after a last-ditch attempt by MPs to avoid today’s full-blown strikes by NHS junior medical professionals cannot break the deadlock in between them and the health secretary. Specialists …

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Report reveals revalidation is beginning to have a positive effect but enhancements can be made Independent research commissioned by the General Medical Council (GMC) has found that four from 10 physicians are changing their practice as a result of their last appraisal. Around half of those physicians aged under 50 have changed their practice. The …

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