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doi:10.1136/bmj.39374.024664.BE

BMJ 2007;335:842 (27 October), doi:10.1136/bmj.39374.024664.BE

Letters

GMC and the MMC collapse

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The Tooke inquiry suggests that the General Medical Councilshould regulate postgraduate as well as undergraduate medicaleducation.¹

"Surely you are joking," writes A Lim, a junior doctor in London."The GMC has yet to explain its substantial role in the collapseof MMC [Modernising Medical Careers] and MTAS [Medical Trainingand Applications Service]. The Tooke inquiry correctly identifiedthat many overseas doctors had competed and gained trainingposts on merit—and this has stirred unease, particularlywhen it has been perceived to be at the expense of locally trainedindividuals. The solution seems to be moving towards implementingdiscriminatory measures against non-EU doctors (as nothing canbe done about EU applicants). But if there are too many non-EUdoctors in the UK, why does the GMC continue to conduct overseasrecruitment drives?"