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)
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.
No. The GMC took over the licencing functions previously exercised by a variety of bodies, such as the Society of Apothecaries, the Royal Colleges of Physicians and of Surgeons in London and Edinburgh and the Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons in Glasgow, but did not incorporate them. These bodies continued to regulate their own members and to hold examinations alongside the universities. The GMC used to have branches in Edinburgh and Dublin. At some point in the post-war era the branches were abolished, but a provincial outpost has since been established in Manchester. NRPanikker (talk) 00:19, 30 May 2008 (UTC)
Various anons have been adding more and more criticism, up to the point that it threatens to overwhelm the article. While I agree there are many - professional and lay - people who have expressed concern about the GMC's functioning, I think we should restrict ourselves to those criticisms that have received wide coverage in the public discourse.
Today someone selectively quoted from the Shipman report that doctors with foreign qualifications have statistically had a higher chance of being investigated by the GMC. This is not a point that has received the public attention that other criticisms have, and I dispute that this point specifically needs inclusion in the article. I do not disagree with the main premise, but to phrase it in the way that it was phrased it suggested that the GMC is a racist body. There are many alternative explanations, including those making complaints being racist (!!), language barriers and true differences in training not intercepted with PLAB. JFW | T@lk 15:59, 20 September 2006 (UTC)
The removed comment elevated a minor point (that's really not received much media coverage) to something massive. Did it make headlines the same way FTP did? No, certainly not. And I feel simply listing more and more criticisms makes it even more ridiculous. I don't deny the fact-finding of the report but I would like to enforce WP:NPOV on this article.