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Gmc

Recommendations related to gmc

6 recommendations 100% accepted

Tag overview

Government Response
Accepted (5)
Accepted in Part (1)
Recommendations in This Theme

recommendation across 4 inquiries

Across 4 inquiries

Tagged Recommendations

6 total
11 Accepted Paterson Inquiry

Regulatory system patient safety priority

We recommend that the government should ensure that the current system of regulation and the collaboration of the regulators serves patient safety as the top priority, given the ineffectiveness of …

- The Department of Health and Social Care stated in April 2025 that professional regulators are members of the Joint Strategic Oversight Group (JSOG) to …
Department of Health and…
4 Accepted in Part Paterson Inquiry

Reflection period for consent

We recommend that there should be a short period introduced into the process of patients giving consent for surgical procedures, to allow them time to reflect on their diagnosis and …

- The GMC revised its "Decision making and consent" guidance, effective 9 November 2020, which requires doctors to give patients time to consider information before …
GMC
IHRD-73 Accepted Hyponatraemia Inquiry

GMC Code in Employment Contracts

General Medical Council ('GMC') 'Good Medical Practice' Code requirements should be incorporated into contracts of employment for doctors.

- HSC Trusts reported that nursing director responsibilities for patient safety monitoring had been strengthened (IHRD Implementation Programme, Department of Health NI, March 2018). - …
HSC Trusts
19 Accepted Morecambe Bay Investigation

Professional bodies review conduct of registrants

In light of the evidence we have heard during the Investigation, we consider that the professional regulatory bodies should review the findings of this Report in detail with a view …

- In July 2015, the government stated: "We accept this recommendation. Action is under way" and confirmed that the GMC and NMC had "reviewed the …
GMC
F152 Accepted Mid Staffs Inquiry

Medical training

Any organisation which in the course of a review, inspection or other performance of its duties, identifies concerns potentially relevant to the acceptability of training provided by a healthcare provider, …

- DHSC stated in April 2025 that the Education Quality Framework was refreshed in 2024 to provide multi-professional quality standards for clinical learning environments (DHSC/NHS …
Healthcare providers
F18 Accepted Mid Staffs Inquiry

Responsibility for setting standards

It is essential that professional bodies in which doctors and nurses have confidence are fully involved in the formulation of standards and in the means of measuring compliance.

- The Department of Health and Social Care and NHS England stated in April 2025 that professional regulators are members of the Joint Strategic Oversight …
Department of Health and…