Table of contents - Special Issue: Modernising medical regulation: where are we now?
Guest Editors: Mary DixonWoods, Justin Waring, Sue Kilminster
Modernising medical regulation: where are we now?
Justin Waring, Mary Dixon‐Woods, Karen YeungThis paper aims to outline and comment on the changes to medical regulation in the UK that provide the background to a special issue of the Journal of Health Organization and…
Learning practice? Exploring the links between transitions and medical performance
Sue Kilminster, Miriam Zukas, Naomi Quinton, Trudie RobertsThe aims of this paper are to understand the links between work transitions and doctors' performance and to identify the implications for policy, regulation, practice and research.
Disclosing clinical performance: the case of cardiac surgery
Mark Exworthy, Glenn Smith, Jonathan Gabe, Ian Rees JonesIn recent years, the clinical performance of named cardiac surgeons in England has been disclosed. This paper aims to explore the nature and impact of disclosure of clinical…
The creation of risk‐related information: The UK General Medical Council's electronic database
Sally Lloyd‐BostockThis paper aims to clarify the potential to use data on doctors and fitness to practise (FTP) cases held by the UK General Medical Council (GMC) for wider regulatory purposes…
Medical regulation, spectacular transparency and the blame business
Gerry McGivern, Michael FischerThe purpose of this paper is to explore general practitioners' (GPs') and psychiatrists' views and experiences of transparent forms of medical regulation in practice, as well as…
