28 February 2008

Sir John Tooke’s reaction to the Secretary of State’s Response to ‘Aspiring to Excellence’. Press release

 

The Government Response can be found at www.mmc.nhs.uk

 

8 January 2008

The Final Report is published. You can now download a PDF of the report (5.2Mb file).

 

13 December 2007

The Panel met on 6 December to finalise the Report which will now be published on 8 January 2008.

 

5 December 2007

The Consultation closed on 20 November having evoked in all 39,950 responses to the Recommendations!

 

The Panel will meet on 6 December to start to finalise the Report. It is still intended that it should be presented to the Secretary of State on 21 December.

 

12 November 2007

As a result of discussions during the consultation period, some small changes have been made to the figure on page 99 of the Report – a PDF of the revised page can be found here.

 

10 October 2007

The Report was published on 8 October and the Panel would like to encourage you to submit your views before 20 November.

 

26 September 2007

The Inquiry’s Report will be published on this website at noon on 8 October. We look forward to receiving your comments.

 

20th August 2007

The Inquiry Team is currently drawing together its conclusions and recommendations from the 368 written submissions, 77 formal interviews and 800 DH/MMC documents analysed. It is hoped that the Report will be published in early October.

 

1st August 2007

At midnight on 31 July we

had, in all, 370,127 answers to the questions we had posed.
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24 July 2007

One week to go!
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13 July 2007

100 trainees give opinions
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"Living with MTAS"
Sir John attended the 7 July meeting.
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22 more interviews by end of July
Please encourage trainees and other colleagues to contribute by 31 July.
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29 June 2007

One month left!
3665 doctors have now submitted their views.
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Final trainee workshops in Birmingham 4 July.
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12 June 2007

Trainee Workshops
More than 200 doctors attended workshops with Sir John in London and in Cambridge last week. Key themes to emerge included: F2 is too early to decide on which specialty in which to train; the need to enhance (non-training) roles and the preference for flexibility over run through.

Delegates also commented on the high security of the password to enter the questionnaire site - but do please persevere - we need to hear from you.

 

8 June 2007

Panel Independence
Mindful of the need for the Inquiry's complete independence, John Tooke has decided to stand down as Chair of the Medical Schools Council until the Panel's draft report has been finalised. The Council's Deputy Chair, Professor Tony Weetman, has taken over as Acting Chair with immediate effect.

 

31 May 2007

Inquiry Road Shows announced.

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