The state of medical education and practice in the UK

The state of medical education and practice in the UK 2018
GMC 5 December 2018

Highlights include:

Improving the supply of doctors: GPs (p133)
"In addition, we have begun to explore with partners what additional flexibility there could be with the Performers List in England. Work is under way to review these regulations in light of the wider service changes in primary care following the NHS five-year forward view and the establishment of STPs and accountable care organisations. Additional flexibility in the Performers List could include adding the outstanding cohort of defence medical services GPs onto the list so that they can also work in the NHS. Further segmenting the Performers List to include other groups of doctors could support the retention of retiring or returning GPs to work within a limited scope of practice and the development of a specialty doctor cohort where non-GPs could work in limited primary care roles. These changes would expand the primary care workforce, lessen the demand on GPs for some aspects of care and free up capacity. "

Internationally based doctors treating patients in the UK (p135)
With advances and developments in technology and telemedicine, we are exploring how to maximise the longer-term potential for internationally based doctors to treat UK patients, with the same assurance on standards as when the care is provided by UK based doctors. Some developments in this area may require legislative reform.