GMC welcomes four new Council members
The General Medical Council has welcomed four new members to its governing body, the GMC Council.Following appointment by the Privy Council, two registrant and two lay members have been appointed - Professor Keith Lloyd, Dr Olamide Oguntimehin, Baroness Ramsey of Wall Heath, and Ms Wendy Williams CBE.
The Council, which is led by Professor Dame Carrie MacEwen, is the governing body of the GMC and consists of up to six lay members and six registrant members. They set the GMC’s strategy and goals and oversee the work of the regulator, with a firm focus on its primary role of protecting the public.
The new members, who will start their roles this month, bring a wide range of experience to the GMC’s Council at a crucial time for the regulator.
Dame Carrie MacEwen, Chair of the GMC, said:
‘I would like to warmly welcome our four new Council members and am delighted they will be joining us to support our continued work to be a compassionate and effective regulator.
‘Their appointments will make sure that our Council has the skill set and diversity we need to carry out our role well, supporting our registrants to deliver the best possible care to patients across the UK. This is more important than ever, as our health services face unprecedented pressures.’
Joining the Council as the new member for Wales, Professor Keith Lloyd has worked in secondary care NHS clinical practice since 1986 and has held roles as a clinical academic and consultant psychiatrist.
He is currently a Professor of Psychiatry and until 3 February 2025 Pro Vice-Chancellor and Executive Dean of the Faculty of Medicine and Health at Swansea University. Professor Keith Lloyd is also a board member of Swansea Bay University Health Board, and a former elected Chair in Wales and Vice President of the Royal College of Psychiatrists.
Dr Olamide Oguntimehin is a resident doctor, with experience in general medicine, who was previously a Marx leadership fellow at the GMC. She is the founder of Melanin Medics, a national charity promoting diversity in medical education and training, supporting Black medical students and doctors, and addressing differential attainment and racial discrimination.
Dr Olamide Oguntimehin has served as a council member and trustee of the Medical Women's Federation and on a GMC advisory board.
Baroness Ramsey of Wall Heath is a sitting member of the House of Lords and whose recent health sector appointments have included Chair of Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and the Children and Young People Steering Group for Transforming Care with the NHS.
She has served on the Council of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society and the Department of Health's Audit and Risk Committee, chaired a local housing association, and served as head of law for two London boroughs, having trained as a barrister. Baroness Ramsey of Wall Heath is a former member of the Committee on Standards in Public Life and a Senior Advisor on standards and ethics to the Labour Party.
Ms Wendy Williams is a solicitor and was a partner in a law firm before joining HM Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services. She was the author of the independent Windrush Lessons Learned Review and is currently a Non-executive Director of the Financial Service Compensation Scheme and Chair if its Remuneration and People Committee. Ms Wendy Williams is also a member of the Parliamentary Independent Expert Panel.
Her other roles include being a member of the Advisory Board for the University of Cambridge Judge Business School, as well as the Oxford and Cambridge Universities' Close the Gap Advisory Board, and as a former Commissioner on the Institute for Government's Commission on the civil service.
Council members need to commit to a minimum of three days a month and the remuneration is £18,000 per year.
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