September 2016

GMC response: Improving patient safety and transparency in the NHS

GMC reaction: Improving patient safety and openness in the NHS Professor Terence Stephenson, Chair of the General Medical Council, responds to plans revealed today by the Secretary of State for Health. ‘Our failures, to paraphrase a terrific innovator, must be the opportunity to begin once again more wisely. I welcome any transfer to promote a […]

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Labour must share the blame for the junior doctors’ row

Labour need to share the blame for the junior doctors’row The BMA’s decision to cancel the first of its planned five-day strikes the other day was justified as a action to issues over client safety. Yet these cautions were absolutely nothing new. The General Medical Council released frank guidance to medical professionals hours previously saying

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GMC welcomes independent whistleblowers review by Sir Anthony Hooper

GMC invites independent whistleblowers review by Sir Anthony Hooper An independent review commissioned by the GMC has suggested that organisations referring issues about a physician’s physical fitness to practise to the GMC must state whether the doctor has raised issues about client safety. The   report by Sir Anthony Hooper (pdf), a retired Lord Justice of

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