Require all surgeons operating on children to obtain paediatric qualification and revalidation
Bristol Heart Inquiry · Bristol Heart Inquiry — Final Report · Issued 18 July 2001
Source — verbatim from the inquiry
●Inquiry recommendation
All surgeons who operate on children, including those who also operate on adults, must undergo training in the care of children and obtain a recognised professional qualification in the care of children. As matter of priority, the GMC, the body responsible for the revalidation of doctors, should agree with the Royal College of Surgeons of England the appropriate number and range of procedures which surgeons who operate on children must undertake in order to retain their validation. This will have consequences for the way in which general surgery for children is organised.
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