You have to laugh. Questions are being asked by real sceptics about the medical regulator ten years after Shipman. Is the GMC fit for purpose? 75 allegation have been made against surgeon David Jackson from 16 different patients going back to 2006 and the GMC has not held a hearing yet. Mr Jackson has now retired and is organising wedding receptions instead of cancer operations. No doubt his reputation is being protected by an old boys club, who always say the right thing and wear suits and ties to meetings.
Compare this to the reaction of the GCC to over 700 chiropractors, for using words like "treat" instead of “may help” on their websites. There was not a shred of evidence that patients were harmed by theses chiropractors “claims”, yet the chiropractic regulator the GCC, under pressure from “Skeptics” (spelt with a K; scepticism reserved for those who dare think outside the findings of a chemistry set), spent millions of pounds chasing these vexatious complaints. For no other reason than to demonstrate to the CHRE and department of health that all was well in health regulation. Like the guys having their heads chopped off, unbelievably chiropractors paid the axe man before he chopped of their head, so its difficulty to feel much sympathy for the profession today as they participated in their down fall. Before chiropractors are seen as part of the establishment, Peter Dixon et al will have to kiss a lot more ass, before some other poor CAM profession become the new whipping boys, maintaining the impression that regulation is there to protect the public. No doubt this is why the odious Margaret Coats has been appointed Chief Executive of the Council for Natural health care.

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