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GMC urged to be more radical

Linda Beecham BMJ

The General Medical Council has sent its governance working group back to the drawing board after some council members thought that it should be more radical in its proposals for restructuring the council.

The group was set up in July after months of complaints from doctors and patients about the electoral process, the small number of lay members, the slowness of the procedures, the poor public relations, and the number of unelected members. This culminated in a vote of no confidence in the council "as presently constituted and functioning" at the BMA’s annual meeting (8 July, p 69).

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

This envisaged a board of 20 to 25 members, with a . . . [Full text of this article]

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