Doctors' leaders ask GMC to rethink its plans for reform

doi:10.1136/bmj.322.7281.258/a

BMJ 2001;322:258 ( 3 February )

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Doctors' leaders ask GMC to rethink its plans for reform

Linda Beecham BMJ

The BMA and the UK Academy of Medical Royal Colleges have urged the General Medical Council to rethink the plans for its reform.

They have set out their proposals in a plan, which they say will make the council more "effective, efficient, and accountable to patients." They want the current 104 strong council reduced to about 50, with a small executive of 10 to 15 members. The council, however, had suggested a small executive backed by a 200 strong conference of doctors and lay people.

The plan proposed by the BMA and the UK Academy of Medical Royal Colleges specifies that the president should normally be medically qualified, be elected for a maximum five year term, and be re-elected either annually or after three years. The proportion of lay members should be increased up to 40% (from its current 25%). A small number of . . . [Full text of this article]

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