Kieran Walshe, Ph.D., and Lawrence Benson, Ph.D.
K. Walshe and L. Benson, "GMC and the Future of Revalidation: Time for Radical Reform," BMJ, June 2005 330:1504–6.
According to Kieran Walshe, a 2000–01 Harkness Fellow in Health Care Policy and Practice, and his coauthor, the public in the United Kingdom has lost confidence in health care professionals as a result of recent inquiries and scandals. Yet, the approaches to regulatory reform of the medical professions have to date been piecemeal and lacking in strategic direction, they say.
The authors recommend that a comprehensive regulatory approach by the U.K.'s General Medical Council (GMC) to the health care professions should:
While there is likely to be resistance to these proposed reforms from professional bodies and other interest groups, the authors conclude that "recognition is growing of the need for radical change rather than more tinkering with the status quo."
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