Co-op Wales – Patient Safety: Five-Part Response to Impenetrable GMC 2026 Order Questions

June 23, 2026 by David Smith

Final Our response in 5 parts to GMC Order 2026

 Part 1: The Register & Public Information (The “Single Register” Proposal)

Part 2: Professional Titles & Public Clarity (Leng Review Implementation)

Consultation Focus: Changing professional titles to improve clarity for patients (Recommendations 1 and 9 of the Leng Review)

Part 3: Regulation, Standards, and Education 

Consultation Focus: Giving the GMC enhanced flexibility to set standards for education, training, and registration pathways

Part 4: Fitness to Practise & Governance

Consultation Focus: Overhauling the fitness to practise process and removing routine Privy Council oversight for GMC rule changes to make the regulator more “agile”

Part 5: Overall Impact & Patient Safety (General Comments)

Consultation Focus: Any further comments on the impact of the draft GMC Order 2026

About David Smith

A lifelong co-operative and community activist at all levels of the movement, including the Co-op Group Main Board. Public service includes Government Food Adviser; UK Healthcare Regulator. David founded the first Community Law Centre in Wales and directed the first EC funded Wales Anti-Poverty Programme: pioneering co-operative & place making community initiatives. https://www.svcymru.org/files/2021-03/david-smith-a-founders-tale.pdf Founded Cardiff Student Community Action, Welsh Food Alliance & Wales Progressive Co-operators. Robert Owen Memorial Museum Trustee. Director, Sheffield Co-op Development Group. Former Lecturer, Gwent Tertiary College. Graduate Ruskin College, Oxford and UC Cardiff + PGCE, MA (European Human Resource Management) Keele; Professional Food & Management qualifications.
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