Coronavirus

Three students from Cardiff University School of Medicine have won the annual UK-wide student professionalism competition run by the General Medical Council (GMC) and the Medical Schools Council (MSC).

As the pandemic continues, we know that health and social care professionals continue to work in very difficult situations and under extreme pressures. We will continue to issue profession specific guidance to our registrants to provide additional support where that is needed.

This year has started in a way we could all have barely imagined 12 months ago. We've joined healthcare leaders in thanking doctors for their immense efforts.

Doctors have always made difficult decisions under pressure. Dame Clare Marx writes about the challenges posed by the escalating pandemic and her great pride in the response of the medical profession so far.

Following the UK's withdrawal from the European Union and the Brexit transition period has ended, the registration process for some doctors with non-UK qualifications has changed.

The GMC’s annual registration fees will increase by 0.5% from 1 April 2021, meaning fully registered doctors will pay £2 per year more than they do now.

The reflections and experiences of working as, or with, a physician associate or an anaesthesia associate.

Long serving former council member, Dr Krishna Korlipara, sadly passed away last month after being diagnosed with Covid-19.

Five outstanding women - with expertise ranging from ethical leadership and medical education to immersive technologies - are the latest members to join the GMC’s council.

Charlie Massey, GMC Chief Executive, said: ‘Evidence suggests black and minority ethnic (BME) healthcare workers are more at risk from COVID-19. Understanding any connection between coronavirus and ethnicity is vital, and so we are pleased to play a role in this important research.

European doctors continue to play a significant role in UK medicine with more joining the register and fewer leaving last year.

The NHS has an extraordinary opportunity to shore up its depleted workforce by unleashing doctors’ potential. Speaking at the General Medical Council’s annual conference, Charlie Massey said that while the NHS faced a number of workforce challenges the bigger issues ‘are around getting the most out of the doctors we have, and encouraging them to stay’.