All General Medical Council (GMC) articles – Page 16
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Foreign GPs face tougher sanctions
NHS doctors who qualify overseas are more likely to face tough sanctions in disciplinary hearings, research has shown.
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Heart surgeons call for strong revalidation regime
A leading heart surgeon has called for the planned doctor revalidation system to be toughened up after a study found many NHS clinicians were reluctant to make use of outcomes data.
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Applying end of life care, respecting religious beliefs
Conflict and confusion often surround the application of religious beliefs to end of life decisions. Keeping a clear and open dialogue with patients and their family and friends is vital to surmounting the challenge of keeping everybody happy, write Becky Fitzpatrick, partner at Hill Dickinson LLP and Dr Timothy Strang, ...
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National competency standards to regulate manager performance
Senior managers “who let people down” will be held to account by a national list of standards of competence and behaviour.
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The next phase in medical revalidation
A decade in the making, the revalidation procedure for the health profession is almost ready for implementation. General Medical Council chief executive Niall Dickson explains the next phase.
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Politicians to hold GMC to account
The Commons health committee plans to expand its role by holding the General Medical Council to account.
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Payment by Results
A business critical briefing from HSJ’s Payment by Results conference.
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Fundamentals of the NHS
A business critical briefing from HSJ’s Fundamentals of the NHS conference.
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Fundamentals of the NHS - conference sessions
A business critical briefing from HSJ’s Fundamentals of the NHS conference.
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College of Medicine denies link to homeopathy charity
The new College Of Medicine has denied it is linked to Prince Charles’s Foundation for Integrated Health, which controversially folded this year.
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NHS Commissioning Board to check foreign doctors' language skills
The new NHS Commissioning Board is to take responsibility for testing the language and clinical skills of foreign doctors from within the EU, the Department of Health has said.
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DH turns a blind eye to working time rules
The Department of Health has moved to “limit” the impact of the European working time directive on the NHS, HSJ has learnt.
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MS doctor 'should be struck off' - GMC
A doctor who gave multiple sclerosis patients “pointless” injections of a substance containing stem cells should be struck off, a fitness to practise hearing has been told.
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Former BMA chair acted like 'caricature of surgical arrogance'
Surgeon and former British Medical Association chair James Johnson left a surgical clip inside a patient, shouted at junior staff and behaved like a “caricature of surgical arrogance”, a disciplinary hearing has heard.
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Former BMA chairman to face disciplinary panel
The former chairman of the British Medical Association will face a disciplinary panel accused of professional misconduct, it has emerged.
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Foreign doctors 'must speak good English'
Poorly trained overseas doctors who cannot speak good English must not be able to treat patients in the UK, a doctors’ leader has said.
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How safe is out of hours GP provision in your PCT?
Recommendations for out of hours provider contracting offer wider lessons for PCTs, says Lucy Johnson
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GP language tests 'not blocked by EU rules'
EU rules do not stop national authorities carrying out language tests on foreign doctors working in the UK, the European Commission has said.
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Foreign GP rules need 'immediate changes'
Rapid improvements must be made to the system that vets foreign GPs who travel to the UK for work, MPs have said.
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Test EU doctors' English competency, GMC urges
An urgent change in the law is needed to ensure overseas doctors can be checked for competency in English, a medical regulator said today.