Doctors call for public inquiry into GMC’s handling of Bawa-Garba case

Doctors have declared that they have no confidence in the General Medical Council and have called for a public inquiry into the regulator’s conduct in the case of trainee paediatrician Hadiza Bawa-Garba.

A motion declaring no confidence in the GMC was passed by 89% to 11% at the BMA annual representative meeting in Brighton on 27 June. Representatives also backed calls for the GMC to apologise over its handling of the Bawa-Garba case. But calls for the GMC’s chief executive and its chairman to resign over the case were rejected by 51%, as were demands for the government …