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Speaking at today’s Pulse Live conference in Liverpool, attended by GPs from across the UK, Professor Dame Carrie MacEwen said that fresh thinking is needed to address the issues facing general practice.

The Chair of the General Medical Council (GMC) today told an audience that regulation of physician associates (PAs) and anaesthesia associates (AAs) will benefit patients and support GPs whose service is ‘creaking under the weight of an unsustainable demand for care’.

We’re now less than two months away from the start of regulation for physician associates (PAs) and anaesthesia associates (AAs). I’d now like to share more detail on the registration process for PAs and AAs, and explain how employers can support their PAs and AAs to apply when regulation starts.

Inequality is embedded in medicine throughout a doctor’s career, from the earliest days of education and training to the leadership positions of latter years, Charlie Massey, Chief Executive of the General Medical Council (GMC) warns in a report published today.

Dear colleagues, As we approach the start of regulation for physician associates (PAs) and anaesthesia associates (AAs) in December 2024, I’d like to provide an update on progress and share some key upcoming milestones. This follows my last update in June, where I outlined our approach to regulation and provided guidance to support other organisations in their work.

The General Medical Council (GMC) has today published the annual report on whistleblowing disclosures, alongside eight other health and social care professional regulators.

New resources including support for victims and survivors of sexual misconduct by doctors have today been published by the General Medical Council (GMC).

Anthony Omo, General Counsel and Director of Fitness to Practise at the GMC said: ‘There is no place for any form of sexual assault, misconduct, or harassment in healthcare, nor for any form of racism or discrimination.

The UK government has extended emergency regulations to restrict new prescribing of puberty suppressing hormones for the treatment of gender incongruence or gender dysphoria in children and young people who are under 18 years of age in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

Professor Colin Melville has announced that he is to retire as Medical Director and Director of Education and Standards at the General Medical Council (GMC) next summer.

The conditions that doctors work in have a material impact on the care they’re able to provide. Today we’re publishing our annual report on doctors’ workplace experiences, and the results paint a picture of a profession under pressure.

Years of worsening levels of satisfaction and burnout are leading doctors to ‘take matters into their own hands’ to improve their wellbeing and reduce potential risk to patient care, the General Medical Council (GMC) warns in a report out today.