GMC mishandled father's complaint

GMC is reviewing complaint that top NHS boss put patient safety at risk.

The General Medical Council is reviewing its 2013 decision to dismiss a complaint against Barbara Hakin, NHS national director for commissioning operations, at the investigation stage. Hakin faced allegations that in her previous job as chief executive of East Midlands Strategic Health Authority she bullied whistleblower Gary Walker, then chief executive of United Lincolnshire NHS Trust, and pu...

Southall: the GMC responds.

Women and the GMC.

Dr George Percival joined the consultant staff when the new building was opened in 1936. Trained in Paris, Lausanne, and Zurich, he knew as well as Dr Jamieson how to deal with leg eczema. Sir Robert Grant, the head of a family already lavishly generous to the University of Edinburgh, was aware of the damage that skin disease could do to his employees, and was unhappy when he developed eczema o...

GMC formation by agglomeration and self gravity

We investigate the formation of GMCs in spiral galaxies through both agglomeration of clouds in the spiral arms, and self gravity. The simulations presented include twofluid models, which contain both cold and warm gas, although there is no heating or cooling between them. We find agglomeration is predominant when both the warm and cold components of the ISM are effectively stable to gravitatio...

After Shipman: reforming the GMC--again.