Journal of Health Organization and Management: Volume 24 Issue 6

Modernising medical regulation: where are we now?

Justin Waring, Mary Dixon‐Woods, Karen Yeung

This 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 Roberts

The 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 Jones

In 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‐Bostock

This 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 Fischer

The 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…