General Medical Council has confessed that it does not have the legal power to force doctors to disclose information of payments and benefits they get from the pharmaceutical industry– either on the brand-new database of the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI) or the GMC’s own register. Recently the ABPI released the Disclosure UK database (www.disclosureuk.org.uk) listing information of the fees and advantages in kind paid by the pharmaceutical industry to medical professionals, pharmacists, nurses, and healthcare organisations.1 Nevertheless, only health care experts and organisations consenting to being identified were called, and the rest of the details was published in aggregate form. The ABPI admitted that health experts general wanted to declare just 48%…
< a href=http://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=67B053D85070410D8FDA07C38E994DDD&url=http%3a%2f%2fwww.bmj.com%2fcontent%2f354%2fbmj.i3806&c=9453180451720376484&mkt=en-gb target="_ blank
< a href=http://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=67B053D85070410D8FDA07C38E994DDD&url=http%3a%2f%2fwww.telegraph.co.uk%2fnews%2f2016%2f07%2f06%2fpatient-lay-dead-in-london-ae-for-hours-before-being-found-as-ho%2f&c=8204325825134479924&mkt=en-gb target="_ blank
< a href=http://www.gmc-uk.org/news/27474.asp target="_ blank
GMC reacts to BMA choice to intensify commercial action The BMA has announced that it will escalate its program of commercial action. Junior members of the BMA in England will now stage a full walk-out in between the hours of 8.00 am and 5.00 pm on Tuesday 26 and Wednesday 27 April. Professor Terence Stephenson, the Chair of the General Medical Council, stated: ‘Senior members of the profession are really worried about this newest action which the BMA feel they have to take and I make certain every doctor will reflect on our guidance. ‘While we have no function in setting pay, terms for doctors, we are accountable for supervising their education and training. The levels of distress and alienation that we see amongst them refers serious concern to the GMC. ‘This dispute in England should be solved– and resolved soon– so th …
< a href=http://www.gmc-uk.org/news/28452.asp target="_ blank
to transform the medical register The General Medical Council(GMC )is consulting on modifications to change the online medical register (likewise called the List of Registered Medical Practitioners). The register is the only up-to-date, publically-accessible database of the 270,000 medical professionals who are registered and licensed to practice in the UK. Last year alone there were nearly seven million searches made on the register by physicians, companies and patients. Although the GMC has enhanced the register in the previous 10 years, it offers similar information about a medical professional to the version that was first presented as a hardback book in 1859. To equal public expectations and with social and technological modifications, the GMC is seeking the general public’s views on what modifications might make the register more pertinent in the future. Also …
< a href=http://www.gmc-uk.org/news/26348.asp target="_ blank
< a href=http://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=67B053D85070410D8FDA07C38E994DDD&url=http%3a%2f%2fwww.news-medical.net%2fnews%2f20160706%2fPatient-complaint-process-impacts-psychological-wellbeing-of-doctors-study-finds.aspx&c=9433924907656777663&mkt=en-gb target="_ blank
GMC and HEE statement on North Middlesex A&E GMC and HEE react to concerns raised about the emergency situation department at North Middlesex University Medical facility Trust. Niall Dickson, Chief Executive, General Medical Council and Professor Ian Cumming, President, Health Education England, stated: ‘Substantial concerns have been raised about the care provided in the emergency department at North Middlesex University Health center Trust and about the absence of appropriate assistance for and guidance of doctors in training. ‘We are pleased to see that a number of crucial enhancements have currently been made and a programme of further procedures is being put in location over the next few weeks. This includes the recruitment of a new clinical director, extra medical personnel and other modifications to relieve the pressure on the department and support physicians …
See all stories on this subject