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Thank you for highlighting these points. It is sad that the gmc seems to serve the gmc first and foremost. Why did they chose not to provide you with the qualifications of their new leader ? Who was on the appointment team? Were there other candidates? Lots of questions and one hopes answers will come out, perhaps at the gmc annual conference being held at the RCGP. There must be some college officials prepared to publically raise these issues?
The gmc was quick to publically write to all 'junior' doctors during the industrial dispute. It is not clear if it wrote to the 'other side'.
Congratulations on frank speaking about the GMC; like the old FIFA it is in desperate need of reform and as you point out, it is self-serving and its costs are extortionate.
Very interesting no-holds-barred letter from Margaret McCartney. Why is the GMC supporting private medicine? If Charles Massey wants to use private medicine that should be his own decision (and his own money). In the interests of the medical profession, all who work in the NHS and the public, the biographies of Charles Massey, and the appointments panel, should be published.
Re: Margaret McCartney: Can the new regulator command doctors’ confidence?
Thank you for highlighting these points. It is sad that the gmc seems to serve the gmc first and foremost. Why did they chose not to provide you with the qualifications of their new leader ? Who was on the appointment team? Were there other candidates? Lots of questions and one hopes answers will come out, perhaps at the gmc annual conference being held at the RCGP. There must be some college officials prepared to publically raise these issues?
The gmc was quick to publically write to all 'junior' doctors during the industrial dispute. It is not clear if it wrote to the 'other side'.
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