Government prepares to remove need for medical training for GMC listing as 'qualified'

Government prepares to remove need for medical training for GMC listing as 'qualified'

The Starmer government has opened a “terrifying” ‘consultation’ on its plan to remove the need for medical training for classification as qualified by the General Medical Council (GMC). The GMC, until recently, exclusively regulated doctors – those with full medical qualifications. The Starmer-Streeting axis has already – with the collusion of the GMC – started to erode that distinction by allowing the GMC to regulate ‘medical associates’ – peop…