The GMC was once a medical regulator. Increasingly, it appears to be suffering an identity crisis, uncertain of what its role is—and, at times, acting as though it can do whatever it likes. Regulators derive their authority from public confidence, fairness and accountability. They are not above scrutiny. The BMA has an important role in holding the GMC to account - not simply in the interests of doctors, but in the interests of patients and the public too. That accountability matters, and it is long overdue. This is just the beginning.

I want to honour David Hencke. I know David was so much more than a journalist – a loving husband and father – but what a journalist he was. It was a privilege to have known him over the last five years. Reading the Guardian's obituary, I realised I hadn't known the half of what he had achieved in Westminster. From exposing the cash-for-questions scandal to holding those in power to account for decades, his work changed public life in this country. theguardian.com/media/2026/j… Our paths crossed when David attended and reported every day of my 10-day whistleblowing Employment Tribunal in June 2022. His account - read by many doctors - can be seen on the below link. davidhencke.com/2022/11/19/t… David understood instinctively why whistleblowing matters and why those with power must be held to account. He gave his time, his attention and, above all, his integrity. My wife and I are hugely grateful that David chose to follow and document our journey. Our society desperately needs people - and journalists - like David. He pursued the truth without fear or favour, often on behalf of people who had little power of their own. They don't make journalists like David Hencke anymore, and the world is poorer for his passing. Rest in peace, David.

Let’s face it: there are a few things they don’t teach you at medical school. One of them is what to do when the NHS decides you are the problem in a whistleblowing case. I have spent the last twelve years learning this lesson and have had some interesting tutors. I was a resident doctor in a South London Intensive Care Unit when I raised concerns about night-time staffing levels. The sort of concerns that make NHS executives stop smiling mid-sentence. The sort of concerns that later get described as “serious” once enough time has passed and enough lawyers have been paid. Eventually, after six years, several courts, and a small forest’s worth of paper, those concerns were accepted as protected disclosures. They were linked to two avoidable deaths which, at the time, were quietly removed from formal investigations. That part is now officially undisputed. What is disputed is what happened next. 1/6

Very pleased to have been elected to BMA Council. On my list of things to do; Making sure this doesn't happen again to another doctor standing up for patient safety or NHS services.

Very glad the Channel Four News coverage of my whistleblowing case has got people talking. Grateful to @drbobgill and @WorkersPartyGB for tackling these important issues

I get it — no organisation wants to be called institutionally corrupt. Courts least of all. But here’s the problem: If you can’t point to a single factual error in my letter to the EAT President… And you can’t explain what’s wrong with the definition of institutional corruption used by the Daniel Morgan Inquiry… Then what exactly is your criticism? The Inquiry was clear: Concealing or denying failings to protect an organisation’s reputation is itself institutional corruption. So if the response is not to engage with the facts — but to smear the person raising them — you rather prove the point. For what it’s worth, that’s exactly what happened in court: Hill Dickinson’s barrister tried it… and the Judge shut it down immediately but that has not always been my experience of Judges. Here’s the letter: lnkd.in/eWPjgBJm Last week I went on Channel 4 News to explain this situation. You can watch here xitter.cf/i/status/2034281830321…