Will we be getting good doctors and safer patients?

Last week, the Department of Health announced its plans for reforming regulation of doctors. The asked some of those affected for their opinions

A small earthquake?

In recent years, concerns about health and healthcare have been expressed by the public, the profession, patients and politicians. These are neither new nor confined to the UK. Doctors were not always held in high public esteem; that had been earned over the last 150 years through scientific discoveries such as anaesthesia which revolutionised patient care.