Learning from the Arora case: the GMC must prioritise early intervention and prevention

Iqbal and Martin make sensible recommendations for managing concerns about doctors at a local level while building trust in the General Medical Council among the medical profession.1The recommendation to classify decisions like the one in the Manjula Arora case by the GMC as “never events” also sends a strong message about the impact such regulatory actions can have on quality and safety of care through their adverse impact on the workforce.There is a sense that the GMC wants to do more to ensure a fairer process for handling complaints and investigations against doctors. The pattern, however, still seems to be a reactive rather than a proactive approach of early intervention and prevention. The work by the British Association of Physicians of Indian Origin has some useful recommendations in this regard to help change the culture.23Being more ambitious about wanting to see a significant shift in Workforce Race Equality Standard data4…
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