BMJ 1994;309:1099-1100 (29 October)

Editorials

The future of medicine

Next week the leaders of British doctors will meet to consider the future of medicine. The BMA, the General Medical Council, the royal colleges, and the departments of health will all be represented. This is the first time that these groups have met at such a summit conference since the Christchurch conference of 1961.1 That conference led to the present system of postgraduate education. Next week's meeting occurs against a background of falling morale and is a response to a request to doctors from Ken Calman, the chief medical officer of England.2 He asked us to look beyond the current turmoil in the NHS to consider the core values of medicine, and on p 1140 he sets out his vision of the future. One thing we know about the future is that it will be different from now. Doctors tired of change may long for a period of stability, but . . . [Full text of this article]


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