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    <pubDate>Wednesday, 02 September 2009 10:09:19 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[GMC to simplify and streamline revalidation proposals following consultation ]]></title>
        <link>http://www.gmc-uk.org/news/7356.asp</link>
        <pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[The GMC revalidation consultation generated a number of responses and  is now reviewing its proposals.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Hearing dates set]]></title>
        <link>http://www.gmc-uk.org/news/4278.asp</link>
        <pubDate>Mon, 12 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[The following doctors have received a Notice of Inquiry from the GMC. This confirms the start date, length and location of their Fitness to Practise hearing. Please note these dates may be subject to change.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Fitness to Practise Panels & Investigation Committee hearings week commencing 19 July 2010]]></title>
        <link>http://www.gmc-uk.org/news/4129.asp</link>
        <pubDate>Mon, 12 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[Fitness to Practise Panels & Investigation Committee hearings week commencing 19 July 2010]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[GMC agrees way forward for trainees on examinations]]></title>
        <link>http://www.gmc-uk.org/news/7340.asp</link>
        <pubDate>Fri, 9 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[Doctors can be reassured that the GMC will be flexible and pragmatic in applying rules about when professional examinations can be taken. ]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[European medical regulators discuss EU directive]]></title>
        <link>http://www.gmc-uk.org/news/7320.asp</link>
        <pubDate>Tue, 6 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[The General Medical Council (GMC) hosted a meeting of medical regulators from 17 European countries and the European Commission on 2 July 2010 to discuss the EU Directive on the recognition of professional qualifications.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Dealing with doctors' dilemmas: website aims to help doctors treat patients towards the end of life]]></title>
        <link>http://www.gmc-uk.org/news/7322.asp</link>
        <pubDate>Tue, 6 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[The GMC has updated its Good Medical Practice in Action website with a brand new set of scenarios targeting the ethical dilemmas that doctors find the most difficult to deal with]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[GMC acts to reassure trainees]]></title>
        <link>http://www.gmc-uk.org/news/7264.asp</link>
        <pubDate>Fri, 18 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[The GMC yesterday held a constructive meeting with key interest groups about the issue of examinations taken outside approved postgraduate training.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[GMC seeks lay member to join Council]]></title>
        <link>http://www.gmc-uk.org/news/7261.asp</link>
        <pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[The GMC council is seeking a new lay member ]]></description>
        <category>Press Release</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[Knighthood for Chair of GMC]]></title>
        <link>http://www.gmc-uk.org/news/7259.asp</link>
        <pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[GMC Chair receives a Knighthood for services to Medicine in the Birthday Honours list. ]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Welcoming Professor Sir John Temple's independent Review into the European Working Time Directive (EWTD), Niall Dickson, Chief Executive of the General Medical Council, said:]]></title>
        <link>http://www.gmc-uk.org/news/7250.asp</link>
        <pubDate>Thu, 10 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA["The GMC welcomes Sir John's report as an important contribution to our understanding of the impact of the EWTD. ]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Statement following announcement from the Secretary of State, Andrew Lansley, regarding revalidation]]></title>
        <link>http://www.gmc-uk.org/news/7161.asp</link>
        <pubDate>Tue, 1 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[Following the announcement from the Secretary of State, Andrew Lansley, regarding revalidation, Professor Peter Rubin, Chair of the General Medical Council, said:]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Notification of system availability]]></title>
        <link>http://www.gmc-uk.org/news/7122.asp</link>
        <pubDate>Tue, 25 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[Important  notice for users of LRMP, MyGMC and Faxback - 5 to 7 June 2010 and 10 to 11 June 2010.]]></description>
        <category>Web News</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[Two weeks left to respond to revalidation consultation]]></title>
        <link>http://www.gmc-uk.org/news/7123.asp</link>
        <pubDate>Tue, 25 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[Doctors, employers and patients who want to help shape the process of revalidation have two weeks left to respond to the General Medical Council's consultation. ]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[PLAB test vacancies]]></title>
        <link>http://www.gmc-uk.org/news/7121.asp</link>
        <pubDate>Tue, 25 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[We have three vacancies on the Part 2 Panel due to members' terms of office coming to an end.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Determinations]]></title>
        <link>http://www.gmc-uk.org/news/7115.asp</link>
        <pubDate>Mon, 24 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[The determinations on serious professional misconduct and sanction in the cases of Dr Wakefield, Professor Walker-Smith and Professor Murch.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[General Medical Council publishes Fitness to Practise statistics for 2009]]></title>
        <link>http://www.gmc-uk.org/news/7063.asp</link>
        <pubDate>Thu, 20 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[The General Medical Council's annual report on the number of complaints received about doctors and how those complaints are dealt with at each stage of the fitness to practise procedures has been published.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[More support for patients to plan end of life care]]></title>
        <link>http://www.gmc-uk.org/news/7057.asp</link>
        <pubDate>Wed, 19 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[New guidance for doctors from the General Medical Council]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[GMC welcomes new Secretary of State for Health]]></title>
        <link>http://www.gmc-uk.org/news/7034.asp</link>
        <pubDate>Fri, 14 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[Niall Dickson, Chief Executive of the General Medical Council has welcomed the new Secretary of State for Health Andrew Lansley saying:]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[More time to complete National Training Surveys]]></title>
        <link>http://www.gmc-uk.org/news/7019.asp</link>
        <pubDate>Thu, 13 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[More time has been set aside for trainees and trainers to complete the National Training Surveys to enable a greater number of responses and provide detailed evaluation of training posts across the UK. ]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[General Medical Council announces review of guidance for paediatricians in child protection]]></title>
        <link>http://www.gmc-uk.org/news/6943.asp</link>
        <pubDate>Tue, 4 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[GMC response to the Appeal Court ruling in the case of Dr David Southall]]></description>
        <category>GMC Statement</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[GMC to meet Colleges and trainees on examinations taken outside approved postgraduate training]]></title>
        <link>http://www.gmc-uk.org/news/6857.asp</link>
        <pubDate>Fri, 30 Apr 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[The GMC will be reviewing the legal requirement for examinations to be undertaken 'during or upon completion' of an approved training programme for them to count towards the award of a CCT.]]></description>
        <category>GMC Statement</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[Patients say regular check-ups will help increase their confidence in doctors]]></title>
        <link>http://www.gmc-uk.org/news/6853.asp</link>
        <pubDate>Thu, 29 Apr 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[More than two out of three patients say they will have more confidence in their doctor once a new system of regular checks on doctors is introduced, according to a survey commissioned by the General Medical Council.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Essential maintenance to our website systems, Thursday 22 April from 18:00-23:00.]]></title>
        <link>http://www.gmc-uk.org/news/4437.asp</link>
        <pubDate>Thu, 22 Apr 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[Attention: a message for users of LRMP and MyGMC]]></description>
        <category>Web News</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[GMC signposts doctors through research maze]]></title>
        <link>http://www.gmc-uk.org/news/6747.asp</link>
        <pubDate>Tue, 13 Apr 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[New guidance from the General Medical Council (GMC) will help to guide all doctors involved in research. ]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[GMC Statement: In response to the Health Select Committee report: The use of overseas doctors in providing out of hours care]]></title>
        <link>http://www.gmc-uk.org/news/6993.asp</link>
        <pubDate>Wed, 7 Apr 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[Niall Dickson, Chief Executive of the General Medical Council said :]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[New era for medical education and training]]></title>
        <link>http://www.gmc-uk.org/news/6583.asp</link>
        <pubDate>Thu, 1 Apr 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[From today (1 April), the General Medical Council becomes responsible for regulating every stage of medical education in the UK. ]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[A single regulator for medical education]]></title>
        <link>http://www.gmc-uk.org/news/6517.asp</link>
        <pubDate>Thu, 1 Apr 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[On 1 April 2010 the GMC became responsible for regulating every stage of medical education in the UK.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[For one issue only! GMCtoday becomes Revalidation Update]]></title>
        <link>http://www.gmc-uk.org/news/6562.asp</link>
        <pubDate>Wed, 31 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[Every registered doctor in the UK is to receive a special update on revalidation, as the GMC's bi-monthly magazine for doctors, GMCtoday has been re-branded for a one-off edition called Revalidation Update.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[GMC launches new resource to help doctors share their views on revalidation]]></title>
        <link>http://www.gmc-uk.org/news/6561.asp</link>
        <pubDate>Wed, 31 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[A new, easy-to-use toolkit will help all doctors to contribute to the development of revalidation.]]></description>
        <category>Press Release</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[General Medical Council response to the decision of the ruling of the Information Tribunal]]></title>
        <link>http://www.gmc-uk.org/news/6483.asp</link>
        <pubDate>Tue, 23 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[The General Medical Council (GMC) has disclosed documents following a ruling by the Information Tribunal.]]></description>
        <category>GMC Statement</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[Patients kept safe by GMC's effective handling of complaints against doctors]]></title>
        <link>http://www.gmc-uk.org/news/5984.asp</link>
        <pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[The profession and the public can be confident that ensuring patient and public safety is at the core of all the fitness to practise decisions made by the General Medical Council, an audit by the Council for Healthcare Regulatory Excellence (CHRE) finds]]></description>
        <category>Press Release</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[Podcast helps today's medical students become tomorrow's professionals]]></title>
        <link>http://www.gmc-uk.org/news/5916.asp</link>
        <pubDate>Thu, 4 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[The General Medical Council has launched a new podcast about professionalism and an e-bulletin for medical students. ]]></description>
        <category>Press Release</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[Revalidation: the way ahead. 20 questions the GMC wants you to answer]]></title>
        <link>http://www.gmc-uk.org/news/5881.asp</link>
        <pubDate>Mon, 1 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[The General Medical Council has set out the most comprehensive statement yet on revalidation, with proposals on how it will work, when it will be rolled out, and what doctors and employers need to do.]]></description>
        <category>Press Release</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[GMC responds to independent inquiry report into Mid-Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust]]></title>
        <link>http://www.gmc-uk.org/news/5873.asp</link>
        <pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[Following the publication of the independent inquiry report by Robert Francis QC into Mid-Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust today, Niall Dickson, Chief Executive of the General Medical Council said:]]></description>
        <category>GMC Statement</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[General Medical Council welcomes Chief Executive of new adjudication body]]></title>
        <link>http://www.gmc-uk.org/news/5845.asp</link>
        <pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[The GMC welcomes the appointment of Stephen Shaw CBE as the first chief executive of the Office of the Health Professions Adjudicator (OHPA).]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Revalidation - your expertise and experience is needed]]></title>
        <link>http://www.gmc-uk.org/news/5800.asp</link>
        <pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[Revalidation - the regular assurance that all doctors with a licence are competent and fit to practise, is on its way. ]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[GMC creates tools to support doctors attending hearings]]></title>
        <link>http://www.gmc-uk.org/news/5733.asp</link>
        <pubDate>Tue, 9 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[A new initiative will provide more support for doctors attending a General Medical Council (GMC) fitness to practise hearing. ]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[GMCtoday - January/February 2010 issue is published]]></title>
        <link>http://www.gmc-uk.org/news/5649.asp</link>
        <pubDate>Fri, 5 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[The latest edition of the General Medical Council's magazine GMCtoday can now be viewed online.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[GMC Statement: In response to the Coroner's verdict on the deaths of two patients of Dr Daniel Ubani]]></title>
        <link>http://www.gmc-uk.org/news/6992.asp</link>
        <pubDate>Thu, 4 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[Commenting on the Coroners verdict Niall Dickson, Chief Executive of the General Medical Council (GMC) said:]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[General Medical Council sets out vision for the future of medical regulation]]></title>
        <link>http://www.gmc-uk.org/news/5589.asp</link>
        <pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[The General Medical Council has launched its 2010 - 2013 Corporate Strategy.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Lord Patel seeks views on recommendations for the future regulation of medical education and training ]]></title>
        <link>http://www.gmc-uk.org/news/5546.asp</link>
        <pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[Lord Patel has published a draft report setting out 27 proposed recommendations and doctors, employes and patients are encouraged to share their views]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[GMC Manchester office relocates to new premises]]></title>
        <link>http://www.gmc-uk.org/news/5482.asp</link>
        <pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[The General Medical Council is moving offices in Manchester but wants to reassure people that this will not affect the work undertaken by staff at the GMC]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Urgent notice - Contact centre]]></title>
        <link>http://www.gmc-uk.org/news/5358.asp</link>
        <pubDate>Fri, 8 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[Please note: Our Contact centre will be unavailable on 8 January between the hours of 18:00 and 21:00.]]></description>
        <category>Web News</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[Call to doctors to become involved in piloting assessment tools]]></title>
        <link>http://www.gmc-uk.org/news/5354.asp</link>
        <pubDate>Mon, 4 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[Are you a fully registered doctor?  Come and help us keep the assessment tools we use for Fitness to Practise tests up to date.  ]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[General Medical Council supports the roll out of Tomorrow's Doctors]]></title>
        <link>http://www.gmc-uk.org/news/5333.asp</link>
        <pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[The GMC is rolling out a series of nationwide roadshows to help medical schools implement the changes required by the GMC's Tomorrow's Doctors guidance.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[New patient leaflet helps doctors to explain licensing]]></title>
        <link>http://www.gmc-uk.org/news/5331.asp</link>
        <pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[ Doctors are being offered a helpful new leaflet to explain important developments in medical regulation to their patients. ]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[2010 budget and business plan agreed]]></title>
        <link>http://www.gmc-uk.org/news/5323.asp</link>
        <pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[The 2010 Business Plan and supporting budget, agreed by Council, sets out an ambitious programme of work for the GMC to deliver over the next 12 months.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[GMC/PMETB merger funding agreed]]></title>
        <link>http://www.gmc-uk.org/news/5284.asp</link>
        <pubDate>Wed, 9 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[The Department of Health (England) has allocated &pound;7.1 million to enable the merger of PMETB with the GMC. ]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[UK Revalidation Programme Board reviews revalidation progress ]]></title>
        <link>http://www.gmc-uk.org/news/5285.asp</link>
        <pubDate>Wed, 9 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[The UK Revalidation Programme Board has met to review revalidation progress]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[The doctor's dilemma: website helps doctors with reporting knife wounds]]></title>
        <link>http://www.gmc-uk.org/news/5286.asp</link>
        <pubDate>Wed, 9 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[The GMC has added a new series of tutorials to its award-nominated website, Good Medical Practice (GMP) in Action.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[GMC calls for a national prescription chart to reduce errors ]]></title>
        <link>http://www.gmc-uk.org/news/5156.asp</link>
        <pubDate>Thu, 3 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[Prescribing errors in hospitals could be reduced if a standardised prescription chart was introduced in all UK hospitals, according to research commissioned by the GMC. ]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[More than 218,000 doctors now have a Licence to Practise]]></title>
        <link>http://www.gmc-uk.org/news/4980.asp</link>
        <pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[Doctors in the UK are making history today as the biggest change in medical regulation since the first medical register was published 150 years ago is rolled out.  ]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[213,000 doctors respond to GMC "Licensing; it's time to choose" campaign]]></title>
        <link>http://www.gmc-uk.org/news/4893.asp</link>
        <pubDate>Fri, 6 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[Summary of the response to the GMC's Licensing campaign]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[GMC updates pandemic flu guidance]]></title>
        <link>http://www.gmc-uk.org/news/4761.asp</link>
        <pubDate>Mon, 2 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[The GMC has updated its guidance for doctors working in a pandemic. ]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Brighter, bolder and easier to use: GMC launches new website ]]></title>
        <link>http://www.gmc-uk.org/news/4361.asp</link>
        <pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[A new online version of the GMC's magazine for doctors, GMCtoday, is the centrepiece of a brighter, bolder new website launched this week.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Revalidation projects report to Programme Board]]></title>
        <link>http://www.gmc-uk.org/news/4344.asp</link>
        <pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[Reports on three projects were presented to the Revalidation Programme Board meeting on 14 October, which will inform further work on revalidation.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[GMC produces licensing resource pack for employers]]></title>
        <link>http://www.gmc-uk.org/news/4242.asp</link>
        <pubDate>Thu, 8 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[The GMC is today distributing an essential information pack for organisations that employ doctors.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Doctors told to warn patients of their genetic risks]]></title>
        <link>http://www.gmc-uk.org/news/4128.asp</link>
        <pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[Doctors can share confidential genetic information about patients in order to protect their relatives, even if patients object, says new GMC guidance on confidentiality, released today, 28th September. ]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Doctors asked to play their part in reporting gun and knife crime ]]></title>
        <link>http://www.gmc-uk.org/news/4131.asp</link>
        <pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[New guidance from the General Medical Council (GMC) requires doctors to inform the police or social services whenever they treat a patient who is a victim of gun or knife crime, particularly those under 18. ]]></description>
        <category>Press Release</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[New guidance - Confidentiality ]]></title>
        <link>http://www.gmc-uk.org/news/3783.asp</link>
        <pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[Web news item about the launch of new Confidentiality guidance for doctors.]]></description>
        <category>Web News</category>
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    <item>
        <title><![CDATA[GMC establishes Reference Community]]></title>
        <link>http://www.gmc-uk.org/news/3267.asp</link>
        <pubDate>Fri, 4 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[The GMC has set up a Reference Community to help inform its policy decisions.]]></description>
        <category>Press Release</category>
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    <item>
        <title><![CDATA[Medical students to have more 'hands on' experience]]></title>
        <link>http://www.gmc-uk.org/news/3266.asp</link>
        <pubDate>Wed, 2 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[New GMC guidance launched today will ensure medical students have more opportunity to apply their medical knowledge and skills in hospitals and surgeries before they graduate. ]]></description>
        <category>Press Release</category>
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    <item>
        <title><![CDATA[Healthcare regulators present a vision of the future]]></title>
        <link>http://www.gmc-uk.org/news/3659.asp</link>
        <pubDate>Tue, 1 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[News about the GMC's attendance at the main political party conferences in September.]]></description>
        <category>Web News</category>
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    <item>
        <title><![CDATA[Important notice about licensing]]></title>
        <link>http://www.gmc-uk.org/news/3550.asp</link>
        <pubDate>Tue, 1 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[This page contains important information for doctors who have told the GMC their licensing decision.]]></description>
        <category>Web News</category>
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    <item>
        <title><![CDATA[Destination Manchester for international doctors ]]></title>
        <link>http://www.gmc-uk.org/news/3269.asp</link>
        <pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[Manchester has been chosen to host a new state of the art centre to assess international medical graduates before they work in the UK. ]]></description>
        <category>Press Release</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title><![CDATA[GMCtoday looks to tomorrow]]></title>
        <link>http://www.gmc-uk.org/news/3613.asp</link>
        <pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[The GMC is asking doctors to participate in a survey about our bi-monthly magazine GMCtoday.]]></description>
        <category>Web News</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title><![CDATA[Changes to the GMC's Fitness to Practise Panel]]></title>
        <link>http://www.gmc-uk.org/news/3656.asp</link>
        <pubDate>Fri, 7 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[A number of amendments to the GMC's Fitness to Practise Rules take effect on 7 August. The changes follow a consultation earlier this year.]]></description>
        <category>Web News</category>
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    <item>
        <title><![CDATA[Campaign reminds doctors of 14 August deadline for licensing decision]]></title>
        <link>http://www.gmc-uk.org/news/3265.asp</link>
        <pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[Doctors are being reminded to contact the GMC with their licensing decision through an advertising campaign launched on 1 August.]]></description>
        <category>Press Release</category>
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    <item>
        <title><![CDATA[GMC launches online tutorials in medical ethics]]></title>
        <link>http://www.gmc-uk.org/news/591.asp</link>
        <pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[The GMC has today launched a series of challenging online tutorials that tackle tricky ethical scenarios. ]]></description>
        <category>Press Release</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[End of life treatment and care consultation closed]]></title>
        <link>http://www.gmc-uk.org/news/1445.asp</link>
        <pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[Web news item dated 14 July 2009 about the close of the consultation on End of life treatment and care.]]></description>
        <category>Web News</category>
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    <item>
        <title><![CDATA[Niall Dickson to join the GMC as new Chief Executive]]></title>
        <link>http://www.gmc-uk.org/news/1444.asp</link>
        <pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[The GMC has appointed Niall Dickson as the new Chief Executive of the General Medical Council. He will take up his post in January next year.]]></description>
        <category>Press Release</category>
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    <item>
        <title><![CDATA[Fees frozen for doctors completing specialty/GP training]]></title>
        <link>http://www.gmc-uk.org/news/1450.asp</link>
        <pubDate>Thu, 9 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[Fees for trainee doctors completing specialty/GP training - and those seeking certification via the equivalence routes - will be frozen at the current levels for 2010/11.]]></description>
        <category>Press Release</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[GMC reviews guidance for doctors on involving patients in research]]></title>
        <link>http://www.gmc-uk.org/news/1451.asp</link>
        <pubDate>Wed, 8 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[Appeal for views about changes to guidance for doctors regarding filming or making audio recordings of patients and undertaking research.]]></description>
        <category>Press Release</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[Parents: Courts shouldn't decide fate of critically ill babies]]></title>
        <link>http://www.gmc-uk.org/news/1452.asp</link>
        <pubDate>Fri, 3 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[Eight out of ten parents do not think the courts should intervene when deciding whether to withdraw treatment from a critically ill baby according to a mumsnet.com survey commissioned by the GMC.]]></description>
        <category>Press Release</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[High Profile doctors support GMC licensing campaign]]></title>
        <link>http://www.gmc-uk.org/news/1453.asp</link>
        <pubDate>Fri, 3 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[High profile doctors have today lent their support to the latest phase of the GMC's licensing campaign. ]]></description>
        <category>Press Release</category>
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    <item>
        <title><![CDATA[Forthcoming consultation on research and making and using recordings of patients ]]></title>
        <link>http://www.gmc-uk.org/news/1554.asp</link>
        <pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[Web news item dated 23 June 2009 about a public consultation on GMC draft guidance.]]></description>
        <category>Web News</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[Developing local systems to support revalidation]]></title>
        <link>http://www.gmc-uk.org/news/1454.asp</link>
        <pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[The UK Revalidation Programme Board (UKRPB) has reviewed the strategy and timetable for developing local systems to support the introduction of revalidation for doctors.]]></description>
        <category>Press Release</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[Merger of PMETB with GMC moves closer]]></title>
        <link>http://www.gmc-uk.org/news/1455.asp</link>
        <pubDate>Tue, 9 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[The process of achieving the merger of the Postgraduate Medical Education Training Board (PMETB) with the GMC has taken a significant step forward.]]></description>
        <category>Press Release</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[GMC announces launch date for doctors' licences]]></title>
        <link>http://www.gmc-uk.org/news/1457.asp</link>
        <pubDate>Mon, 8 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[The GMC has announced the launch date of a milestone in medical regulation.  From 16 November, all doctors will need a licence in order to practise medicine in the UK.]]></description>
        <category>Press Release</category>
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    <item>
        <title><![CDATA[Doctors - your revalidation questions answered]]></title>
        <link>http://www.gmc-uk.org/news/1555.asp</link>
        <pubDate>Wed, 3 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[Web news item dated 3 June 2009 about a new online resource for doctors relating to revalidation.]]></description>
        <category>Web News</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[Have your say on end of life care: The GMC wants your views - they really do count!]]></title>
        <link>http://www.gmc-uk.org/news/1459.asp</link>
        <pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[A great new podcast has been launched calling on people to tell us their views on end of life care.]]></description>
        <category>Press Release</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[GMCtoday - May/June 2009 issue is published]]></title>
        <link>http://www.gmc-uk.org/news/1516.asp</link>
        <pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[View the latest edition of GMCtoday, our bi-monthly magazine for doctors.]]></description>
        <category>Press Release</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[GMC consults on extending the use of Consensual Disposal in Fitness to Practise cases]]></title>
        <link>http://www.gmc-uk.org/news/1461.asp</link>
        <pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[ The GMC is proposing to extend the types of cases that can be  concluded by 'consensual disposal' instead of being referred to a full fitness to practise hearing. ]]></description>
        <category>Press Release</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[GMC consults on the management of fitness to practise cases]]></title>
        <link>http://www.gmc-uk.org/news/1460.asp</link>
        <pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[We launch a three month consultation into the management of fitness to practise hearings.]]></description>
        <category>Press Release</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[Scotland to debate end of life care]]></title>
        <link>http://www.gmc-uk.org/news/1462.asp</link>
        <pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[Carers, patients and clinicians in Scotland are to give the GMC their views on new guidelines for doctors treating patients at the end of their life. ]]></description>
        <category>Press Release</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[GMC to recruit doctors to comment on core policy]]></title>
        <link>http://www.gmc-uk.org/news/1463.asp</link>
        <pubDate>Fri, 1 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[Calling for doctors to join our new Reference Community, which will help inform GMC policies and decisions in the future.]]></description>
        <category>Press Release</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[ "Licensing: it's time to decide"]]></title>
        <link>http://www.gmc-uk.org/news/1464.asp</link>
        <pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[The GMC is rolling out the next stage of its licensing campaign by writing to all registered doctors across the UK.]]></description>
        <category>Press Release</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[UK Revalidation Programme Board welcomes pilot progress]]></title>
        <link>http://www.gmc-uk.org/news/1465.asp</link>
        <pubDate>Wed, 8 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[The UK Revalidation Programme Board today welcomed progress being made in piloting aspects of medical revalidation. ]]></description>
        <category>Press Release</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[Ethnic minority groups asked for their views on end of life care]]></title>
        <link>http://www.gmc-uk.org/news/1467.asp</link>
        <pubDate>Mon, 6 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[For the first time, the GMC has drafted guidance clarifying doctors' responsibility to respect religious and cultural beliefs after a patient's death.]]></description>
        <category>Press Release</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[GMC announces new Council Chair]]></title>
        <link>http://www.gmc-uk.org/news/1466.asp</link>
        <pubDate>Mon, 6 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[Professor Peter Rubin has been elected Chair of the General Medical Council and will take up office on 20 April 2009]]></description>
        <category>Press Release</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[GMCtoday - March/April 2009 is published]]></title>
        <link>http://www.gmc-uk.org/news/1468.asp</link>
        <pubDate>Fri, 3 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[View the latest edition of GMCtoday, our bi-monthly magazine for doctors.]]></description>
        <category>Press Release</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[GMC searches for volunteers to go 'back to school']]></title>
        <link>http://www.gmc-uk.org/news/1469.asp</link>
        <pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[The GMC is looking for volunteer doctors to road test GMC Fitness to Practise Performance Assessments.  ]]></description>
        <category>Press Release</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[GMC launches consultation on End of Life Care]]></title>
        <link>http://www.gmc-uk.org/news/1470.asp</link>
        <pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[ Call to doctors and patients for their views on how difficult decisions on end of life care should be made. ]]></description>
        <category>Press Release</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[GMC consults on changes to Fitness to Practise Rules]]></title>
        <link>http://www.gmc-uk.org/news/1471.asp</link>
        <pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[The GMC has launched a two-month consultation into a package of proposed changes to its Fitness to Practise Rules.]]></description>
        <category>Press Release</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[New route for 'existing specialists' to gain entry onto the Specialist Register opens]]></title>
        <link>http://www.gmc-uk.org/news/1472.asp</link>
        <pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[The GMC is urging doctors in the NHS or Armed Forces who were appointed to a consultant post before 1 January 1997 and who are not yet on the Specialist Register, to take advantage of this new opportunity.]]></description>
        <category>Press Release</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[On your best behaviour: new guidance for medical students]]></title>
        <link>http://www.gmc-uk.org/news/1476.asp</link>
        <pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[New guidance launched today outlines the professional behaviour and values expected of UK medical students.]]></description>
        <category>Press Release</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[GMC announces nominations for Council Chair]]></title>
        <link>http://www.gmc-uk.org/news/1474.asp</link>
        <pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[The nominations for the Chair of the Council of the GMC have been announced.]]></description>
        <category>Press Release</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[GMC conducts major review of medical schools guidance]]></title>
        <link>http://www.gmc-uk.org/news/1475.asp</link>
        <pubDate>Mon, 2 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[Doctors, medical students, health employers and patient groups have the opportunity to influence the GMC's guidance for medical schools, at a consultative conference being held today.]]></description>
        <category>Press Release</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[GMC produces pandemic guidance for doctors]]></title>
        <link>http://www.gmc-uk.org/news/1477.asp</link>
        <pubDate>Mon, 2 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[Doctors may work outside their normal field of practice in the event of a pandemic according to new guidance produced by the GMC.]]></description>
        <category>Press Release</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[First meeting of Revalidation Programme Board]]></title>
        <link>http://www.gmc-uk.org/news/1478.asp</link>
        <pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[The Revalidation Programme Board, chaired by Sir Michael Pitt, met for the first time yesterday to oversee the delivery of medical revalidation across the UK.]]></description>
        <category>Press Release</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[GMC Council sets out priorities for 2009]]></title>
        <link>http://www.gmc-uk.org/news/1479.asp</link>
        <pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[The General Medical Council has published its Business Plan for 2009 setting out our ten key aims.]]></description>
        <category>Press Release</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[New award gives public the chance to thank healthcare staff]]></title>
        <link>http://www.gmc-uk.org/news/1556.asp</link>
        <pubDate>Fri, 6 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[Web news item dated 6 February 2009 calling on patients and the public to nominate doctors for good service.]]></description>
        <category>Web News</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[Interactive tool brings GMC guidance to life for doctors]]></title>
        <link>http://www.gmc-uk.org/news/1480.asp</link>
        <pubDate>Mon, 2 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[We are happy to announce the launch of a second set of scenarios on the GMC's excellent online resource, Good Medical Practice in Action.]]></description>
        <category>Press Release</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[GMCtoday issue January/February 2009 is published]]></title>
        <link>http://www.gmc-uk.org/news/1481.asp</link>
        <pubDate>Mon, 2 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[View the latest edition of GMCtoday, our bi-monthly magazine for doctors.]]></description>
        <category>Press Release</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[GMC's first meeting of a fully representative Council]]></title>
        <link>http://www.gmc-uk.org/news/1531.asp</link>
        <pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[The GMC held its first meeting of 2009 welcoming in new Council Members, changes to its governance structure and reviews of its Registers.]]></description>
        <category>Press Release</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[Doctors urged to take part in licensing regulations consultation]]></title>
        <link>http://www.gmc-uk.org/news/1482.asp</link>
        <pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[Today marks the launch of a three-month consultation on our draft Licence to Practise Regulations and supporting guidance for doctors. ]]></description>
        <category>Press Release</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[Poster on their medical rights designed by young people]]></title>
        <link>http://www.gmc-uk.org/news/1483.asp</link>
        <pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[A poster informing young people of their rights when visiting a doctor has been launched today. ]]></description>
        <category>Press Release</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[The Annual Retention Fee 2009/2010]]></title>
        <link>http://www.gmc-uk.org/news/1557.asp</link>
        <pubDate>Mon, 5 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[Web news item dated 5 January 2009 about the new ARF for doctors.]]></description>
        <category>Web News</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[Tomorrow's Doctors are in your hands]]></title>
        <link>http://www.gmc-uk.org/news/1486.asp</link>
        <pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[A three-month consultation into the review of Tomorrow's Doctors, the General Medical Council's guidance for undergraduate medical education in the UK, has been launched.]]></description>
        <category>Press Release</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[GMC appoints Chair for UK Revalidation Programme Board]]></title>
        <link>http://www.gmc-uk.org/news/1487.asp</link>
        <pubDate>Tue, 9 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[The GMC is pleased to announce the appointment of Sir Michael Pitt as the Chair of the UK Revalidation Programme Board.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[GMCtoday issue November/December 2008 is published]]></title>
        <link>http://www.gmc-uk.org/news/1488.asp</link>
        <pubDate>Wed, 3 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[View the latest edition of GMCtoday, our bi-monthly magazine for doctors.]]></description>
        <category>Press Release</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[GMC contacts doctors in preparation for the introduction of the licence to practise]]></title>
        <link>http://www.gmc-uk.org/news/1489.asp</link>
        <pubDate>Tue, 25 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[The GMC is contacting doctors to provide them with information about the licence to practise, which will be introduced in the autumn of 2009.]]></description>
        <category>Press Release</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[Who you gonna call? GMC launches complaints website for patients]]></title>
        <link>http://www.gmc-uk.org/news/1490.asp</link>
        <pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[We have launched a superb new online information centre, Patients' help, to let patients know who to contact when they have a concern about a doctor. ]]></description>
        <category>Press Release</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[GMC launches consultation on eligibility for inclusion in the Specialist Register]]></title>
        <link>http://www.gmc-uk.org/news/1491.asp</link>
        <pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[ NHS consultants, who were appointed before 1 January 1997 but who are not yet on the specialist register, will again be able to apply to the GMC for inclusion.]]></description>
        <category>Press Release</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[GMC welcomes HRH The Princess Royal ]]></title>
        <link>http://www.gmc-uk.org/news/1494.asp</link>
        <pubDate>Fri, 7 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[ The Princess Royal visited the GMC's London office and unveiled a plaque to mark 150 years since the introduction of the Medical Act (1858), which led to the establishment of the GMC. ]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[GMC President Sir Graeme Catto calls on doctors for their views on confidentiality]]></title>
        <link>http://www.gmc-uk.org/news/1495.asp</link>
        <pubDate>Fri, 7 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[ Sir Graeme Catto, President of the GMC, has recorded a podcast calling on doctors to put forward their views on confidentiality. ]]></description>
        <category>Press Release</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[GMC offers guidance for witnesses giving evidence]]></title>
        <link>http://www.gmc-uk.org/news/1496.asp</link>
        <pubDate>Wed, 5 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[ The GMC has launched a 'Help for Witnesses' booklet designed to guide witnesses through the GMC's hearing process.]]></description>
        <category>Press Release</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[General Medical Council seeks Chair for UK Revalidation Programme Board ]]></title>
        <link>http://www.gmc-uk.org/news/1498.asp</link>
        <pubDate>Fri, 24 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[We are recruiting for a chair of a new programme board that will oversee the delivery of revalidation.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[GMC meets with Progressive Muslims Forum]]></title>
        <link>http://www.gmc-uk.org/news/1497.asp</link>
        <pubDate>Fri, 24 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[ The GMC has met with the Progressive Muslims Forum (PMF) to consider issues that might affect Muslim doctors in the UK.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[GMC Council members - competencies required]]></title>
        <link>http://www.gmc-uk.org/news/1558.asp</link>
        <pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[News item dated 21 October relating to press release about the appointment of new Council members.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[GMC welcomes appointment of Council Members]]></title>
        <link>http://www.gmc-uk.org/news/1500.asp</link>
        <pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[ The Appointments Commission has confirmed the names of the members it has appointed to the reconstituted Council, who will take office on 1 January 2009. ]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Biographical Details of Prospective Members of the Reconstituted Council]]></title>
        <link>http://www.gmc-uk.org/news/1501.asp</link>
        <pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[News item dated 21 October relating to press release about the appointment of new Council members.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[GMC age exemption decision upheld in the High Court]]></title>
        <link>http://www.gmc-uk.org/news/1502.asp</link>
        <pubDate>Fri, 3 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[The GMC decision to withdraw the age exemption for the annual retention fee has been upheld in the High Court.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[GMCtoday issue September/October 2008 is published]]></title>
        <link>http://www.gmc-uk.org/news/1503.asp</link>
        <pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[View the latest edition of GMCtoday, our bi-monthly magazine for doctors.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[GMC Affiliates: bridging the regulatory gap]]></title>
        <link>http://www.gmc-uk.org/news/1505.asp</link>
        <pubDate>Thu, 18 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[ The GMC is launching two pilot studies to assess the proposed role of GMC Affiliates. ]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[GMC publishes revised guidance on reporting convictions]]></title>
        <link>http://www.gmc-uk.org/news/1504.asp</link>
        <pubDate>Thu, 18 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[ The GMC has published revised guidance clarifying doctors' duty to report criminal offences and related matters such as Anti-Social Behaviour Orders to their regulatory body today.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Giving patients confidence]]></title>
        <link>http://www.gmc-uk.org/news/1506.asp</link>
        <pubDate>Mon, 8 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[ A UK-wide consultation for the review of the GMC's guidance on confidentiality was launched today.  ]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Reporting knife wounds  ]]></title>
        <link>http://www.gmc-uk.org/news/1566.asp</link>
        <pubDate>Thu, 7 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[Web news item dated 7 August 2008 - interim guidance for doctors from the GMC and Department of Health.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[General Medical Council celebrates Eisteddfod - Welsh language guidance for doctors published]]></title>
        <link>http://www.gmc-uk.org/news/1508.asp</link>
        <pubDate>Mon, 4 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[ Welsh-speakers can now read Welsh language versions of several GMC guidance booklets, following a promotional event held today at the National Eisteddfod in Cardiff. ]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Y Cyngor Meddygol Cyffredinol yn dathlu'r Eisteddfod - Cyhoeddi arweiniad i feddygon yn Gymraeg.]]></title>
        <link>http://www.gmc-uk.org/news/1507.asp</link>
        <pubDate>Mon, 4 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[ Bellach, gall siaradwyr Cymraeg ddarllen fersiynau Cymraeg o sawl llyfryn arweiniad CMC, yn dilyn digwyddiad hyrwyddo a gynhaliwyd heddiw yn yr Eisteddfod Genedlaethol yng Nghaerdydd. ]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[GMCtoday issue July / August 2008 is published]]></title>
        <link>http://www.gmc-uk.org/news/1551.asp</link>
        <pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[View the latest edition of GMCtoday, our bi-monthly magazine for doctors.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Taking the stand]]></title>
        <link>http://www.gmc-uk.org/news/1509.asp</link>
        <pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[ The GMC has today launched new guidance for doctors who act as expert witnesses. ]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[GMC welcomes CMO report on revalidation]]></title>
        <link>http://www.gmc-uk.org/news/1559.asp</link>
        <pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[Statement released 23 July 2008 on Sir Liam Donaldson's report of the future of medical revalidation.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[GMC Fitness to Practise statistics published]]></title>
        <link>http://www.gmc-uk.org/news/1510.asp</link>
        <pubDate>Wed, 2 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[The GMC has today published their annual fitness to practise statistics. ]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Statement - EU draft directive on patient rights in cross-border healthcare ]]></title>
        <link>http://www.gmc-uk.org/news/1511.asp</link>
        <pubDate>Wed, 2 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[Statement released 2 July 2008 in which the GMC notes today's publication of a draft directive on patient rights in cross border healthcare. ]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[GMC welcomes emphasis on education and training in Lord Darzi's Final Report]]></title>
        <link>http://www.gmc-uk.org/news/1512.asp</link>
        <pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[Statement released 30 June 2008 in which the GMC comments on Lord Darzi's final report.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Initial consultation - Consent to research]]></title>
        <link>http://www.gmc-uk.org/news/1560.asp</link>
        <pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[Web news item dated 30 June 2008 about guidance we provide to doctors on involving patients in research.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Supporting future doctors - GMC seeks views on medical students' health issues]]></title>
        <link>http://www.gmc-uk.org/news/1514.asp</link>
        <pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[A consultation has been launched on a new section in guidance about how medical students' health can affect their fitness to practise.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[GMC enters Phase Two of its Ethnicity Census]]></title>
        <link>http://www.gmc-uk.org/news/1513.asp</link>
        <pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[ As part of its ongoing commitment to diversity, and to achieve a complete picture of all doctors on the UK register, the GMC is beginning the second phase of its ethnicity census. ]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[New research supports the potential for using patient and colleague questionnaires in the revalidation process ]]></title>
        <link>http://www.gmc-uk.org/news/1515.asp</link>
        <pubDate>Tue, 3 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[ New research, commissioned by the GMC and published today, has confirmed that patient and colleague questionnaires may offer a reliable method for assessing the professional performance of UK doctors. ]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[GMCtoday May/June issue is published ]]></title>
        <link>http://www.gmc-uk.org/news/1458.asp</link>
        <pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[View the latest edition of GMCtoday, our bi-monthly magazine for doctors.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[GMC Council Appointments]]></title>
        <link>http://www.gmc-uk.org/news/1517.asp</link>
        <pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[ The drive to recruit new Council members for the GMC has begun.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Two new medical schools approved to award degrees]]></title>
        <link>http://www.gmc-uk.org/news/1552.asp</link>
        <pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[ Two new medical schools can, as of the 14 May 2008, award their own primary medical qualifications. ]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Making your mind up]]></title>
        <link>http://www.gmc-uk.org/news/1572.asp</link>
        <pubDate>Mon, 19 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[New GMC guidance launched today urges doctors to rethink their approach to discussing medical issues with their patients.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Advisory Note: Changes to age exemption regulations]]></title>
        <link>http://www.gmc-uk.org/news/1518.asp</link>
        <pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[Statement released 14 May 2008 concerning age exemption regulations.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[GMC holds national student fitness to practise workshop]]></title>
        <link>http://www.gmc-uk.org/news/1519.asp</link>
        <pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[ The General Medical Council (GMC) and the Medical Schools Council (MSC) are holding a one day workshop event on student fitness to practise.  ]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Recognising the importance of information security]]></title>
        <link>http://www.gmc-uk.org/news/1520.asp</link>
        <pubDate>Mon, 21 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[ BSI Management Systems have undertaken an audit of security controls that the GMC has in place, and have extended the areas of the GMC that are covered by the ISO 27001 certificate. ]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[General Medical Council meets in Edinburgh]]></title>
        <link>http://www.gmc-uk.org/news/1521.asp</link>
        <pubDate>Wed, 2 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[ The General Medical Council (GMC), which regulates 21,191 doctors registered in  Scotland, will hold its governing Council meeting in Edinburgh today (2 April 2008). ]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[General Medical Council will introduce Licences to Practise in 2009]]></title>
        <link>http://www.gmc-uk.org/news/1522.asp</link>
        <pubDate>Wed, 2 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[ The introduction of Licences to Practise will be take place in summer/autumn 2009, once all the relevant legislation is in place, it was decided today.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[GMCtoday issue March/April 2008 is published]]></title>
        <link>http://www.gmc-uk.org/news/1523.asp</link>
        <pubDate>Fri, 28 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[View the latest edition of GMCtoday, our bi-monthly magazine for doctors.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[GMC helps to open the gates for disabled medical students]]></title>
        <link>http://www.gmc-uk.org/news/1524.asp</link>
        <pubDate>Fri, 28 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[Press release dated 28 March 2008 about the launch of new guidance for medical schools.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[GMC says doctors must not allow their beliefs to compromise patient care]]></title>
        <link>http://www.gmc-uk.org/news/1525.asp</link>
        <pubDate>Mon, 17 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[ New GMC guidance published online today says that doctors must not allow their personal beliefs to compromise patient care. ]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[General Medical Council welcomes the Secretary of State for Health's announcement to merge PMETB with the GMC]]></title>
        <link>http://www.gmc-uk.org/news/1526.asp</link>
        <pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[ The Secretary of State for Health has announced that PMETB will be merged with the GMC. ]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[GMC goes virtual - launch of interactive guidance]]></title>
        <link>http://www.gmc-uk.org/news/1527.asp</link>
        <pubDate>Wed, 6 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[Today marked the launch of an exciting new webzone called GMP in Action, which brings our ethical guidance to life.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[GMCtoday January/February 2008 issue is published]]></title>
        <link>http://www.gmc-uk.org/news/1528.asp</link>
        <pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[View the latest edition of GMCtoday, our bi-monthly magazine for doctors.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[GMC calls on MEPs to safeguard patient safety in Europe-wide healthcare debate]]></title>
        <link>http://www.gmc-uk.org/news/1529.asp</link>
        <pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[The GMC has today called on MEPs to recognise the importance of sharing disciplinary information about health professionals to ensure patient safety across Europe. ]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[GMC hold initial consultation on confidentiality guidance]]></title>
        <link>http://www.gmc-uk.org/news/1530.asp</link>
        <pubDate>Mon, 21 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[We are holding an initial consultation on our guidance for doctors on confidentiality.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Medical professionalism roadshows]]></title>
        <link>http://www.gmc-uk.org/news/1561.asp</link>
        <pubDate>Thu, 10 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA["Web news item dated 10 January 2008 concerning a series of road shows for medical students looking at the meaning of medical professionalism and the importance of professional values.]]></description>
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