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General Medical Council
Government•London, United Kingdom•
About: General Medical Council is a government organization based out in London, United Kingdom. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Health care & Public health. The organization has 69 authors who have published 111 publications receiving 1663 citations. The organization is also known as: GMC.
Topics: Health care, Public health, Specialty, Ethnic group, Population
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TL;DR: In this chapter Lemon makes an important point about doctors’ and medical graduates’ obligations to declare previous convictions, and suggests that the General Medical Council must comply with the law.
Abstract: Lemon makes an important point about doctors’ and medical graduates’ obligations to declare previous convictions.1 He is right to suggest that the General Medical Council must comply with the …
01 Jan 2020
TL;DR: In this article, the relationship between learning and memory, the types of learning and their characteristics and the neurophysiological processes underlying them is discussed, as well as their relationship between memory and learning.
Abstract: This chapter considers the relationship between learning and memory, the types of learning and their characteristics and the neurophysiological processes underlying them.
TL;DR: Cooper is mistaken in thinking that the principle of making the care of your patients your first concern does not apply to doctors when they are assessing benefits claimants on behalf of Atos.
Abstract: Cooper is mistaken in thinking that the principle of making the care of your patients your first concern does not apply to doctors when they are assessing benefits claimants on behalf of Atos.1 Our guidance is for all doctors, and …
TL;DR: The General Medical Council takes the issue of conflicts of interests very seriously and has unambiguous guidance which sets out expectations—doctors must not allow any potential conflict to influence their practice and must always be open and honest with patients.
Abstract: The General Medical Council takes the issue of conflicts of interests very seriously.1 We have unambiguous guidance which sets out our expectations—doctors must not allow any potential conflict to influence their practice and must always be open and honest with patients.2 3
If a doctor fails to follow our guidance we can and do take action. Since 2006, 34 doctors have …
TL;DR: The chair of the General Medical Council is keen to shed some light on his role and how it fits in a law abiding and democratic society in the Bawa-Garba case.
Abstract: The following is a letter of 12 February 2018 from the chair of the General Medical Council in reply to Nick Ross’s letter of 5 February 2018 (posted 8 February 2018).12
Dear Nick,
After your meeting and exchange of correspondence with Charlie Massey in recent weeks, I welcome the opportunity to respond to the points you raise in your letter to me of 5 February 2018.12
I have read in full the court judgments and GMC decisions taken around the Bawa-Garba case, and I am keen to shed some light on our role and how it fits in a law abiding and democratic society.
I understand that you find the decision taken in this case hard to accept. I also recognise the anxiety felt in parts of my profession. We have publicly acknowledged that concerns about manslaughter by gross negligence convictions, and this subsequent judgment, could make doctors less candid about errors and that this case has set us back in our goal to support doctors as the best way of protecting patients. We are working hard to overcome this and the considerable misunderstanding and frustration, which are not entirely grounded in fact.
At the heart of this tragic case, a person was convicted in …
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| Name | H-index | Papers | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sue Carr | 22 | 58 | 2592 |
| Donald Irvine | 14 | 32 | 856 |
| Daniel Smith | 7 | 9 | 131 |
| Colin Melville | 6 | 19 | 89 |
| Rachel Hurcombe | 5 | 7 | 116 |
| Javier A. Caballero | 5 | 16 | 140 |
| Jim Cox | 4 | 4 | 162 |
| Graeme Catto | 4 | 8 | 42 |
| Alan D Howes | 3 | 3 | 129 |
| John Jenkins | 3 | 4 | 29 |
| Sue Carr | 3 | 7 | 38 |
| Philip Tombleson | 2 | 2 | 66 |
| Peter Rubin | 2 | 3 | 15 |
| Sue Roff | 2 | 2 | 48 |
| Niall Dickson | 2 | 7 | 11 |