23626:ds The NHS workforce crisis
The draft GMC Order is therefore not just a technical regulatory change. It is a patient safety issue. The danger is that the public may see “GMC registered” and assume equivalence with a doctor, even where the practitioner is a physician assistant or physician assistant in anaesthesia. That risk needs to be addressed directly and clearly.
About David Smith
Lifelong co-operative & community activist working at all levels of the movement. Ex Government Food Adviser & UK Healthcare Regulator. Founded the first Community Law Centre in Wales; directed the first EC funded Wales Anti-Poverty Programme: pioneering co-operative & place making community initiatives. Robert Owen Memorial Museum Trustee. Director, Sheffield Co-op Development Group. Graduate Ruskin College, UC Cardiff + PGCE, MA Keele; Ex Lecturer Professional Food & Management, Gwent Tertiary College,
