The GMC in Scotland - News
Welcome to the Scotland news page.
Latest news
End of life care briefing
Above: Dr Peter Keihlmann, Scottish Government National Clinical Lead Palliative Care e-Health, Sharon Burton, GMC Senior Policy Advisor, Dr Elizabeth Ireland, Scottish Government National Clinical Lead for Palliative Care, Michael McMahon MSP and Craig Stockton, Chief Executive of Motor Neurone Disease Scotland.
The GMC held a briefing session on our new guidance Treatment and care towards the end of life: good practice in decision making in the Scottish Parliament on 24 June. Held jointly with the Scottish Government, which has just published a new NHS Scotland Do Not Attempt Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (DNACPR) policy, there were sixty attendees from across the health sector.
The event was sponsored and chaired by Michael McMahon MSP. Dr Elizabeth Ireland, Scottish Government National Clinical Lead for Palliative Care introduced the new guidance, and Dr Peter Keihlmann, Scottish Government National Clinical Lead Palliative Care e-Health introduced the NHS Scotland DNACPR Policy. Craig Stockton, Chief Executive of Motor Neurone Disease Scotland, gave a patient's perspective, warmly welcoming the guidance. Sharon Burton, GMC Senior Policy Advisor thanked those involved in producing the guidance and called for further partnership working to incorporate it into practice.
GMC pre-register Edinburgh medical students
Above: Rebecca Morris from the GMC's Registration & Resources Directorate prepares to pre-register medical students in Edinburgh.
Staff from the GMC's Scotland office and the Registration & Resources Directorate attended a student pre-registration event at Edinburgh medical school on 3 June. Nearly 200 final year medical students had their ID checked as part of the GMC's process for registering graduates. The team gave the students a presentation on the work of the GMC and highlighted the GMC's guidance. Students were asked where they would be most likely to turn for professional ethical guidance. Most answered that they would speak to a senior colleague first. The students were also introduced to the GMC's interactive website, Good Medical Practice in Action, in which the user plays the role of a doctor faced with ethical dilemmas involving patients.
GMC present to Aberdeen medical students
GMC Council member Dr Hamish Wilson gave a presentation on the role of the GMC to the final year students at Aberdeen medical school on 26 May. The presentation was part of an all-day event for the students on medical professionalism which also involved the British Medical Association and the Medical Defence Union. Following the presentation Dr Wilson answered questions on registration, self-regulation and Fitness to Practise. Staff from the GMC's Edinburgh office ran a stand distributing guidance, the GMC's consultation on revalidation of doctors and other material. Many of the students also took part in a demonstration of Good Medical Practice in Action, the GMC's interactive case studies website.
View Dr Wilson's presentation here