Will health minister Karin Smyth spot the need for more radical reform of the General Medical Council to protect clinicians and ultimately patients?

Will health minister Karin Smyth spot the need for more radical reform of the General Medical Council to protect clinicians and ultimately patients?

Karin Smyth – health minister responsible for professional regulation reform The new Labour government is embarking in the first reform of the professional regulation of the General Medical Council for 40 years. This welcome development comes after the GMC extended its scope to cover physician and anaesthesia associates at the end of last year. In theory it will allow the GMC more flexibility to change its rules and allow less adversity among fi…