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In November 2019, the Council of the Royal College of General Practitioners overwhelmingly supported a motion calling the GMC to develop a central registry of doctors` declarations of interest which is publicly available and searchable.
The GMC is in an ideal position to assist with promoting transparency on this issue and we would like to work together and with other Medical Royal Colleges towards implementation.
A central registry would be a safer and more efficient way of declaring interests once and would make updating these interests a lot easier for clinicians. It would also provide assurance and transparency for patients.
Competing interests:
No competing interests
05 February 2020
Victoria Tzortziou Brown
General Practitioner, RCGP Joint Honorary Secretary
Professor Martin Marshall, RCGP Chair and Dr Jonathan Leach, RCGP Joint Honorary Secretary
Re: Senior medics urge GMC to set up central register of doctors’ declared interests
Dear Editor
In November 2019, the Council of the Royal College of General Practitioners overwhelmingly supported a motion calling the GMC to develop a central registry of doctors` declarations of interest which is publicly available and searchable.
The GMC is in an ideal position to assist with promoting transparency on this issue and we would like to work together and with other Medical Royal Colleges towards implementation.
A central registry would be a safer and more efficient way of declaring interests once and would make updating these interests a lot easier for clinicians. It would also provide assurance and transparency for patients.
Competing interests: No competing interests