is struck off A Belfast medical professional who recommended a questionable supplement that includes the primary active ingredient of bleach has been willingly struck off the UK’s General Medical Council (GMC). Finbar Magee was the topic of an RTÉ Prime Time program where he stated MMS would be a “great treatment” for a child from Dublin with autism. Mr Magee applied to be removed from the GMC register in advance of a fitness to practice hearing due to be held at the GMC’s Physicians Tribunal in November. A spokesman for the GMC told The Irish Times on Friday: “I can verify exactly what we have about Dr Magee on the List of Registered Medical Practitioners: as of September 21st Dr Magee is no longer signed up or licensed to practice, having actually relinquished his licence.” Mr Magee had been a physician since 19 …
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withdrawing from the European Union Our President, Niall Dickson sets out the GMC’s view on the impact leaving the European Union might have on regulation Niall Dickson, President of the General Medical Council, stated: ‘There is no doubt that withdrawing from Europe will have implications for the manner in which we regulate doctors. However it is far prematurely to inform what those implications will be. Whatever takes place, we want to safeguard the position of European Economic Location (EEA) physicians who play such a vital role in the UK’s health care system. ‘We have constantly argued that we ought to have the right to test the skills of European medical professionals, like we do for international medical professionals, with rigorous assessments of their knowledge and clinical abilities. European law restricts us from doing that and we have made it clear tha …
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checks Clients are at danger because countless EU doctors can operate in the UK without standard security checks, a watchdog alerts today. Niall Dickson, head of the General Medical Council, stated the loophole ought to be closed after Brexit and identified it a ‘genuine weak point’ when it comes to securing the general public. And he claimed that repeated efforts to convince EU officials to let Britain present the checks had always been flatly turned down. Mr Dickson stated: ‘I’m not happy with the European medical professional situation, and have not been for several years. ‘Some European physicians– because we haven’t examined their proficiency– may struggle when they practice here which could put patients at danger. Medicine is really culturally particular. Medical professionals who originate from other cultures can discover it a significant difficulty prac …
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A DOCTOR WHO encouraged that a bleach option be offered to a Dublin kid with autism has been voluntarily struck off by the UK’s General Medical Council. The case was exposed by RTÉ’s Prime-time show in its May 2015 episode ‘‘ Bleach by Prescription’ after including a program about the Genesis II Church, which promotes ‘‘ Wonder Mineral Solution’ (MMS) as a cure for all disorders, including cancer and autism. MMS is a 28% concentrated solution of sodium chlorite which, when combined with water, ends up being chlorine dioxide, which resembles bleach. The Belfast doctor Finbar Magee, who confessed to having recommended MMS to his clients and protected the option, has used to be removed from the General Medical Council (GMC) register according to a Freedom of Informati …
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raise concerns Working with medical professionals Working for patients We have released our action strategy (pdf) in response to Sir Anthony Hooper’s independent evaluation (pdf) of how we handle complaints about medical professionals who are whistleblowers. The evaluation recommended that we ought to better understand the background when a company refers a medical professional to us, where the medical professional has raised a worry about or about their employer. We are thinking about these recommendations thoroughly in our action strategy, so we can ensure that we handle the issues about the physician relatively and appropriately. Anthony Omo, the GMC’s Director of Fitness to Practice and General Counsel, talks about our reaction to the Hooper Evaluation and the assistance available for whistleblowers in a new GMC article. To view existing and forthcoming hearings see the …
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