GPs want self regulation to continue

doi:10.1136/bmj.320.7251.1692/b

BMJ 2000;320:1692 ( 24 June )

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GPs want self regulation to continue

Linda Beecham, BMJ
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Representatives of the UK's 35000 GPs have overwhelmingly voted for the continuation of self regulation of the medical professionbut called on the current General Medical Council to improve itsperformance.

At last week's conference of representatives of local medical committees in Manchester, Dr Andrew Stewart, a GP in Cornwalland a member of the GMC, said, "We live in difficult times, withthe government keen to control every aspect of ourlives."

He did not dispute that the profession needed regulating, but there was no case, he said, for scrapping self regulation andreplacing it with state regulation. If that happened the publicwould not trust doctors, and he questioned whether the professionwould trustitself.

"Do not let self regulation be washed away in a hysteria of political correctness," headded.

A member of the GMC, Dr Brian Keighley, said that the BMA was sending out the wrong messages . . . [Full text of this article]

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