NHS Patient Safety recommendations 2026 The Co-op Movement has always championed quality public services, including patient safety. We appeal directly to the UK Government because the GMC consultation, deadline 23/6/2026, is designed to prevent patient input!
The argument is not that multidisciplinary teams are wrong. It is that patients must not be misled, accountability must not be blurred, and workforce gaps must not be filled by unsafe doctor substitution under the cover of regulatory reform.
The central point is that the NHS workforce crisis must not be addressed by blurring the distinction between doctors and non-doctor roles. Patients must be able to understand who is treating them, whether that person is a doctor, what they are qualified to do, and who is clinically responsible for their care. Anyone can submit evidence to Labour’s National Policy Forum. We urge you to do so.
