

Dr Matt Kneale (🦋drmk.link)
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@mattster
Co-Chair @theda_uk · Regulation & Medico-legal, @thebma



Katie’s right. This is absolutely mad. Guess who created this mess? The Conservatives. Guess which Government has just passed emergency legislation to clean up this mess: Labour. Don’t worry, Katie. Lots done, lots more to do.

The draft GMC Order 2026 consultation just dropped. Buried in it is a fundamental change to who can be awarded a Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT). This matters enormously. Let me explain why.


8/ This is not hypothetical. The GMC already regulates PAs. It will approve PA postgraduate training under Article 26. Article 28 then allows CCTs for anyone completing Article 26 approved training. Join the dots.


The new GMC Order is undergoing consultation. The GMC is seeking to remove the speciality register and decide by themselves who should be issued a CCT. This right is currently protected in law. This is the last hurdle before the GMC will be able to issue CCTs to PAs.

The government promised to remove the GMC’s power to appeal its own tribunal’s decisions. Today’s consultation retains that power and expands it. Doctors will be dismayed. Our response: dauk.org/dauk-responds-…

The government promised to remove the GMC’s power to appeal its own tribunal’s decisions. Today’s consultation retains that power and expands it. Doctors will be dismayed. Our response: dauk.org/dauk-responds-…



