The GMC'S judgement against Roy Meadow could put children at greater risk of abuse
The verdict of serious professional misconduct given by the UK's General Medical Council (GMC) against Professor Roy Meadow last week was not only unjust but will also profoundly damage the future of child protection services in Britain, states a comment in this week's issue of THE LANCET. ...... Richard Horton, Editor of The Lancet, writes that the real danger of the judgment against Meadow is t...Everyone is entitled to a good doctor, says former GMC president
Everyone is entitled to a good doctor and the public will no longer tolerate substandard practice, says Donald Irvine, former president of the General Medical Council in this week's BMJ.... ...He calls on the GMC to rise to the challenge of revalidation - checking that a doctor is fit to practise and offers a six point plan to help secure good doctoring for all.... ...Firstly, we must agree that...The General Medical Council needs to get its head out of the sand over revalidation, argues a senior doctor in this week's BMJ....... In June 2000, the GMC set out its initial plans for revalidation to "protect patients from poorly performing doctors who would be identified as early as possible." This was enshrined in law in December 2002....... But by April 2003, the GMC revised its plans, basin...