21st Century Regulation. The GMC is Coming to Get You :)

Cripes Finlay Scott is boring.
Any possibility of any freebees here?
GMC Pens, paper, free GMC Registration for old geezers?

The GMC recently held what they term a "seminar" on Trust, Assurance and Safety. Firstly, no one Trusts the GMC, secondly the GMC cannot assure anyone that bad doctors aren't caught, not after their theatrical events during the Mr Andrew Hall trial. Actually, he escaped trial despite a number of reports against him. Dr David Jarman escaped trial as well. That was because he developed a condition only known to the GMC called " anxiety related to the GMC". He jumped ship before he could be tried and is enjoying an excellent pension. No one can say that Mary O Rourke defended him badly.

This is the press release related to this seminar.

Commenting on the White Paper, GMC Chief Executive Finlay Scott said: "The GMC is committed to engaging with all key interest groups as the reform process continues. This is a unique opportunity to build a modern framework for medical regulation, with patient safety at its heart."

These are of course just words to Finlay Scott. Words are free, the truth is expensive.

Finlay Scott's slides are particularly interesting. He quotes the White Paper

"The core principles of proportionality, accountability, consistency, transparency and targeting are bringing a more common-sense approach to regulation"

Perhaps we ought to start with the GMC first eh. Let Finlay Scott clean his own house up then start judging the doctors. One thing that is interesting is a workshop by Edwin Borman described in this talk, he describes a NATIONAL Database for doctors - using the GMC Register.

The Fascinating Life and Times of Joseph Chikelue Obi

Old Smoothie, Dr Obi has had his butt kicked by the Chronicle Live. The GMC remain impotent to do anything about Dr Obi. Then we all know the GMC is impotent and unable to do anything in general apart from flex those muscles. We have it on good authority that their fake smile about all being well is due to the large amounts of botox injections.

The amusingly titled Obi-1 - defends himself [quite badly we may add]. What he probably needs is a strong dose of Bad Science attack by Ben Goldacre.

The man who famously questioned the startling similarities in appearance between Peter Mandelson and Carol Black, recently wrote on his website. He probably writes as the artiste formally known as Dr Obi

"Professor Joseph Chikelue Obi, will not be personally commenting on the GMC's dramatic failure to fully strike out his Landmark Employment Tribunal Claim"

We therefore conclude that the GMC spectacularly lost their primary hearing. Well, that is nothing new, recently they lost against Tushar Bhadra at the preliminary stages as well. Looks like the GMC is losing its grip in court.