Talk:General Medical Council

message: According to news sources, limited registration is set to be abolished. I could not find a good source for this claim on the GMC site. Any ideas? JFW | T@lk 02:23, 15 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Limited registration 

message: Is it true that the GMC has changed over the years to incorporate various regional bodies that used to perform the functions of the GMC in the various counties? I heard that this was the case and that they all came together under the GMC for the sake of efficient administration. 
If this is the case it might be worth noting in the article. Any comments?
15 September 2006.
:Dunno. Do you have a source? JFW | T@lk 13:25, 17 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  History of the GMC 

message: Mr Abolish the GMC is back. Now he's got some news that Jennifer Colman is suing members of the council for something. The blog itself has no evidence at all, simply announces that it will appear. The meat is in NHS Exposed, a similar site.
Little of this has appeared in the general press, and I think it is disproportionate to mention this here until it has received (much) more coverage in reliable sources. I have removed said content for now, and will request an RFC if moves are made to reinsert it without discussion. JFW | T@lk 20:29, 26 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Rita, please see WP:COI. You should not under any circumstance be editing this article. You are allowed to post contructive comments here, but I agree with David Ruben that if there has been no media coverage, this may well full below the notability horizon. Let me know if you have any further questions. JFW | T@lk 08:12, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Financial scandal? 

message: Mr Abolish the GMC returned within a few hours of the  being lifted. He linked to his new petition on the Number 10 website. Naturally, every Tom/Dick/Harry can lodge a petition, so this is not automatically noteworthy. But on a larger scale, this undesirable character needs to get his fingers off the Wikipedia article. I have reinstated sprotection. JFW | T@lk 23:36, 24 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: His name is Joseph Chikelue Obi. He has flooded his own petition by adding the names of the sitting members of the council, including a rather unflattering description of Graeme Catto. I've made up my mind - this is not going to be on the Wikipedia page. JFW | T@lk 23:39, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

text: This is revealing... JFW | T@lk 23:44, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

text: Many of his pronouncements online (e.g. against the GMC) are so specific I wonder when the GMC will sue him. Some Googling has revealed an interesting picture, such as the "Royal" alternative medicine society that Mr Obi runs. I'm glad we never agreed to include that blog. It's a one-man show. JFW | T@lk 12:14, 27 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Petition 

message: inserted a full paragraph on a Shipmanesque killer from the 1950s. Oddly, the article makes no reference to the GMC at any point. It was a criminal case from the start. This is really not the place to list casuistry. JFW | T@lk 14:50, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  John Bodkin Adams 

message: I've chanced unprotection on this page, but it's being watched. Dr Obi is reminded that he has a conflict of interest that disqualifies him from editing this page, see WP:COI. JFW | T@lk 22:37, 5 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: On 13 July Obi left one of his marks again. I have removed it again; I hope I will not need to release the exact details of the nature of his "conflict" with the GMC. But it's in the public domain. JFW | T@lk 08:41, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

text: He has discovered the "undo" button. I have discovered . JFW | T@lk 09:49, 17 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Unprotected 

message: interwiki to fr :fr:Ordre des médecins is propably wrong, but I am not able to read french.--Ot (talk) 15:05, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  the 

message: I'm aware I've made a few changes here. The article was quite out of date. I'd welcome contributions/ideas.
My inclination is that the 'purpose' section could be renamed 'purpose and governance', with some feel for the governance of the GMC -- its Council and the CHRE. The CHRE is referenced in the reform section, which is quite outdated now. The GMC has made changes to its structure and procedures throughout the last decade. These could be reflected in the governance or history sections.
The revalidation issue mentioned in the reform section is very live but that has its own article.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Am telly (talk • contribs) 16:57, 8 December 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  December 2010 updates 

message: This widely-used term ought to be explained somewhere on WP. Drutt (talk) 03:30, 16 December 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: It's a colloquialism for "erasure from the medical register". JFW | T@lk 20:56, 8 January 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: "Struck off"

message: These sections need some work. A lot of it strikes me as incomplete and out of date. I think the way forward may be to merge the history section with criticism and reform, and work chronologically to discuss how the GMC has changed over time, the challenges and criticism it has faced and how it has reacted, and its future plans - e.g. revalidation, fitness to practise reform, etc. ~~  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Am telly (talk • contribs) 15:10, 23 May 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree. "Criticism" sections tend to do articles a disservice and almost always lead to NPOV problems. JFW | T@lk 20:56, 8 January 2012 (UTC)
replies: text:  I happen to read this : " The GMC is not a court, so even if you win, you don’t get any of the costs back, so when the defence bodies defend a case, for them, it is just money down the drain. This gives the GMC carte blanche to accuse anybody they like of Serious Professional Misconduct as they never have to pay for anyone except their own team if they are wrong." which - if proven correct - HAS to be mentioned in the section "criticism" Trente7cinq (talk) 16:17, 15 January 2012 (UTC)

text: If you have a secondary source to support that allegation, it could be added to a section discussing the fitness to practice process. JFW | T@lk 20:29, 15 January 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Criticism and reform 

message: The following was added:
For a non-legal person, this is complete gobbledygook. These concepts should never serve as opening gambit for a new section. If anything, it should be discussed further down, because the Medical Act seems to predate the acceptance of the European human rights legislation referred to here. JFW | T@lk 20:56, 8 January 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Margin of appreciation

message: Certainly how people get onto the council now should be in the article.  It may be less clear than it used to be.  The headcount may be worth indicating, also.  Midgley (talk) 20:21, 19 December 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: Agree. JFW | T@lk 21:50, 20 December 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Composition and size if not actual membership? 

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message: Wikipedia should check the paragraph "Emergency driving Gaining registration with the GMC (whether provisional or full) also allows the registrant to fit and utilise green flashing lights to their car.[31][32] Such lights can be used when attending a medical emergency to alert other road users to their presents and intentions.[33] 
The word 'presents' should be changed to 'presence'. 92.14.115.219 (talk) 06:42, 28 October 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Incorrect spelling