Re-licensing plan is just what the doctors ordered

Saturday 26th July 2008, 9:29AM BST.

DOCTORS have voiced their support for the UK Government’s new five-year re-licensing system.

The new one, which is intended to keep a check on medical competence, will be a good thing, according to Dr Stephen Wray of the Queen’s Road Medical Practice.

‘Anything which encourages and ensures standards of practice and safety for the public is super,’ he said. Dr Wray said the system would apply to Guernsey doctors and they were already prepared for it.

‘It will definitely happen here if it does in the UK and we have been geared up and waiting for it for ages,’ he said. He added that Guernsey doctors already undergo yearly appraisals conducted by other doctors and involving patient feedback.

‘I think the vast majority of doctors I know have been positive about it.’