As everyone knows, the documents the GMC creates are actually usually quite good. This is about the only good thing from GMC Towers. The only problem is that the GMC never adheres to their guidance. The New Doctor used to state a number of issues but from my own experience,
1. The GMC ignores its own guidance
2. The GMC does not hold postgraduate deans accountable for neglecting junior doctors.
3. The GMC does not hold institutions accountable for lack of supervision for doctors.
4. The GMC offers no protection for junior whistleblowers [ Example is me!]
5. The GMC offers no protection in circumstances where there is harassment and bullying. It is often the case that the junior is considered to be wrong and the senior considered to be right. This is no matter what evidence you present the GMC with.
For whatever it is worth, I think it is good for bloggers and other members of the public to become involved in consultations. The odd fact may penetrate the brains of GMC Towers.
As an eternal optimist, I always hope the GMC will learn something for the future. Here is an email I received from GMC Towers [see below]. I have given up with the GMC itself really. As Dr India and I often say - its like banging your head against an illogical brick wall and no one is listening to consumer feedback. It isn't surprising that Dr India didn't really realise how bad the GMC were until he played footsie with them.
What do I have to say to the GMC, "Hey, you f**ed up my life for 10 years by your crappy dysfunctional system and you allowed the doctors who neglected and kill patients to practise in the NHS".
That might be an appropriate summary for the GMC who has failed all the patients on Ward 87. Forget me, I am irrelevant, just a speck of a person who will turn into dust one day in the next 100 years.
The people who are relevant are the patients who died and whose care was compromised. Those were the people failed by the GMC. They also failed the doctors who suffered as a consequence of the mismanagement of Ward 87. Ward 87 is just one ward in the NHS, there are many many others like this. I am sure the GMC deals with all whistleblowing concerns with ultimate ignorance. Of course, they will not have any insight into this at all.
Anyway, in memory of the bright new future we all believe in - here is the Spectre from GMC Towers. The GMC likes consultations because it makes them feel useful. What they should really do is have an independent revalidation of their ability to do their job properly. If what I have seen is implemented into revalidation, god help the doctors out there.
1. The GMC ignores its own guidance
2. The GMC does not hold postgraduate deans accountable for neglecting junior doctors.
3. The GMC does not hold institutions accountable for lack of supervision for doctors.
4. The GMC offers no protection for junior whistleblowers [ Example is me!]
5. The GMC offers no protection in circumstances where there is harassment and bullying. It is often the case that the junior is considered to be wrong and the senior considered to be right. This is no matter what evidence you present the GMC with.
For whatever it is worth, I think it is good for bloggers and other members of the public to become involved in consultations. The odd fact may penetrate the brains of GMC Towers.
As an eternal optimist, I always hope the GMC will learn something for the future. Here is an email I received from GMC Towers [see below]. I have given up with the GMC itself really. As Dr India and I often say - its like banging your head against an illogical brick wall and no one is listening to consumer feedback. It isn't surprising that Dr India didn't really realise how bad the GMC were until he played footsie with them.
What do I have to say to the GMC, "Hey, you f**ed up my life for 10 years by your crappy dysfunctional system and you allowed the doctors who neglected and kill patients to practise in the NHS".
That might be an appropriate summary for the GMC who has failed all the patients on Ward 87. Forget me, I am irrelevant, just a speck of a person who will turn into dust one day in the next 100 years.
The people who are relevant are the patients who died and whose care was compromised. Those were the people failed by the GMC. They also failed the doctors who suffered as a consequence of the mismanagement of Ward 87. Ward 87 is just one ward in the NHS, there are many many others like this. I am sure the GMC deals with all whistleblowing concerns with ultimate ignorance. Of course, they will not have any insight into this at all.
Anyway, in memory of the bright new future we all believe in - here is the Spectre from GMC Towers. The GMC likes consultations because it makes them feel useful. What they should really do is have an independent revalidation of their ability to do their job properly. If what I have seen is implemented into revalidation, god help the doctors out there.
The GMC is consulting on a new edition of Tomorrow’s Doctors from 15 December 2008 to 27 March 2009. You are invited to respond to this consultation and to attend a conference on 2 March 2009 to discuss the proposals.
Tomorrow’s Doctors sets the knowledge, skills and behaviour (‘outcomes’) required of UK medical graduates. It also lays down standards for the performance of medical schools. It is against these outcomes and standards that medical schools are quality assured by the General Medical Council.
The consultation draft reflects significant developments in medical education, training and practice since the 2003 edition of Tomorrow’s Doctors. Anticipating the 2010 merger of PMETB with the GMC, we have structured the document in line with the standards already set for the Foundation Programme and for postgraduate training. We have drawn from the 2006 edition of Good Medical Practice and other guidance on what should be expected of medical students and new doctors. We have responded to evidence about the preparedness of UK graduates and propose to set out a longer list of practical procedures that they must be able to carry out safely and effectively. We are also laying down new requirements relating to placements, assessment, quality control, equality and Student Selected Components.
It is important that we set outcomes and standards that result in medical graduates with the knowledge, skills and behaviour they need to enter Foundation Programme training and to start successful careers in medical practice. We need to reflect the expectations and needs of patients, the public and the providers of healthcare, as well as the reality of medical practice as it continually develops.
This is your opportunity to let us know if we have got this right. To participate in the consultation, please visit www.gmc-uk.org/tomorrowsdoctors
To express interest in the consultative conference to be held in London on 2 March 2009, to request a paper copy of the consultation documents or for any other queries, please contact tomorrowsdoctors@gmc-uk.org Alternatively, contact Ben Griffith at the Education Section, General Medical Council, 350 Euston Road, London NW1 3JN or tel: 020 7189 5283.
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