GMC urged to be more radical

doi:10.1136/bmj.321.7263.725/a

BMJ 2000;321:725 ( 23 September )

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GMC urged to be more radical

Linda Beecham, BMJ
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The General Medical Council has sent its governance working group back to the drawing board after some council members thoughtthat it should be more radical in its proposals for restructuringthecouncil.

The group was set up in July after months of complaints from doctors and patients about the council. This culminated in avote of no confidence in the council "as presently constitutedand functioning" at the BMA's annual meeting (8 July, p69).

The group proposed several options: a council of about 25 members; a modernised council of around 100; a council of 200; anda small board and a large conference. The group favoured the lastoption.

This envisaged a board of 20 to 25 members, with a third of the board being lay members. The board, which would be electedby the conference, would meet 10 to 12 times a year and electa medical president and a lay deputy president. . . . [Full text of this article]