Plans for GPs are altered

PLANS to make doctors more accountable and their details more regularly updated have been watered down.

By The Newsroom

Published 14th Jul 2010, 11:59 BST

Updated 15th Jul 2010, 11:27 BST

The General Medical Council wanted GPs to register every five years under its re-validation programme. It argued that it would help weed out bad doctors and keep a more refreshed register of who was still practising in the UK.

But the proposal had its critics, amid concerns it would be too bureaucratic to get through.

As a result of the consultation, the GMC said it would be simplifying the scheme.