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

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GMC and the MMC collapse

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The Tooke inquiry suggests that the General Medical Council should regulate postgraduate as well as undergraduate medical education.¹

"Surely you are joking," writes A Lim, a junior doctor in London. "The GMC has yet to explain its substantial role in the collapse of MMC [Modernising Medical Careers] and MTAS [Medical Training and Applications Service]. The Tooke inquiry correctly identified that many overseas doctors had competed and gained training posts on merit—and this has stirred unease, particularly when it has been perceived to be at the expense of locally trained individuals. The solution seems to be moving towards implementing discriminatory measures against non-EU doctors (as nothing can be done about EU applicants). But if there are too many non-EU doctors in the UK, why does the GMC continue to conduct overseas recruitment drives?"

K Sundar, a specialist registrar in London, agrees: "In the next six months alone, there are five examination . . . [Full text of this article]

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