GMC Update 2018 Jan Cooper, Regional Liaison Adviser
GMC regional liaison service Helping to promote understanding and meet the needs of our partners
So what’s our purpose? ‘to to prote tect, t, promote te and nd ma maintain the health and safety of the public’ Medical Act 1983
Doctors working in UK � The number of doctors registered with us in 2015 was 273,794 � The total number of all doctors on the medical register in the UK has risen by 12% since 2010
Where does the licensed workforce come from? 22,967 21,609 61,929 57,002 147,354 158,121 UK International European Economic Area
What we do – registration
MLA – currently consulting on proposals
What we do - revalidation
Key requirements � Introduced in 2012 � Process by which all licensed doctors are required to demonstrate on a regular basis that they are up to date and fit to practise in their chosen field and able to provide a good level of care � Annual appraisal is key to the process � Every 5 years
Revalidation review has reported
Revalidation issues – patients Making revalidation more accessible to patients and the public: • Develop materials to help explain revalidation to patients and the public • Share examples of patient involvement in local revalidation processes • Produce and promote additional case studies to help doctors gather and reflect on patient feedback • Review our revalidation requirements for patient feedback
Introducing SOMEP
Complaints trends Complaints received in 2016 were 10% lower than the peak in 2013
Complaint sources in erasure/ suspensions 2012-2016 Overall proportion by source of complaint (%) GMC 6 Doctor self-referral 7 Other doctor 8 Police 9 Public 11 Others 22 Employer 37 0 10 20 30 40
Resources for patients
Complaints
Patient meetings
Our standards
The revised guidance - 2017 Core guidance: Confidentiality: good practice in handling patient information Six explanatory statements: Patients’ fitness to drive and reporting concerns to the • DVLA or DVA Disclosing information for employment, insurance and • similar purposes Disclosing information about serious communicable • diseases Reporting gunshot and knife wounds • Disclosing information for education, training and for • learning from adverse incidents and near misses Responding to criticism in the press •
Consent review - 2017/18
Questions? What are you observations re the main issues for patients currently? How can we work effectively with Patients?
Jan Cooper West Midlands Regional Liaison Adviser 0161 240 6858 07788216010 JCooper1@gmc-uk.org @Jcooper1Cooper
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