Health leaders come together to urge Government to expedite GMC appeals law

A group of 19 health organisations has called on the Government to strip the GMC of its right to appeal MPTS decisions before the end of this parliament.

In a letter to the health secretary Steve Barclay, they urge the Government to deliver on its 2018 commitment to remove the GMC’s power to appeal FTP decisions in order ‘to address the mistrust’ of the regulator.

The group, coordinated by the Medical Protection Protection Society (MPS), included the BMA, the RCGP, the Doctors’ Association UK, and the British International Doctors Association (BIDA) among others.