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GMC regional liaison service
Helping to promote understanding and meet the needs of
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GMC Update 2018 Jan Cooper, Regional Liaison Adviser GMC regional - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
GMC Update 2018 Jan Cooper, Regional Liaison Adviser GMC regional - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
GMC Update 2018 Jan Cooper, Regional Liaison Adviser GMC regional liaison service Helping to promote understanding and meet the needs of our partners So whats our purpose? to to prote tect, t, promote te and nd ma maintain the
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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
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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
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Where does the licensed workforce come from?
147,354 61,929 22,967 158,121 57,002 21,609
UK International European Economic Area
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What we do – registration
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MLA – currently consulting on proposals
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What we do - revalidation
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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
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Revalidation review has reported
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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
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Introducing SOMEP
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Complaints trends
Complaints received in 2016 were 10% lower than the peak in 2013
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Complaint sources in erasure/ suspensions
37 22 11 9 8 7 6 Employer Others Public Police Other doctor Doctor self-referral GMC 10 20 30 40
2012-2016 Overall proportion by source of complaint (%)
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Resources for patients
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Complaints
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Patient meetings
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Our standards
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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
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Consent review - 2017/18
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Questions?
What are you
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main issues for patients currently? How can we work effectively with Patients?
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