Medical Council launches public consultation on its draft 2024 – 2028 Statement of Strategy

• The survey is open for a three-week consultation period, from 6th September – 27th September 2024 .

Friday 6th September 2024:  The Medical Council has today launched a public consultation on its draft strategic plan, to cover the period 2024 – 2028. To help inform this statement of strategy, an online survey is now open, and feedback from the public is welcome until 27th September 2024. 

The Medical Council is inviting members of the public, including patients, the medical profession, media, and other stakeholders, to give their views on the draft strategic plan by participating in the online survey. The Medical Council is keen to encourage as broad a range of feedback as possible from individuals, groups and organisations. 

The Medical Council has been following its current Statement of Strategy since 2019. This new strategic plan is the fourth strategic plan since the introduction of the 2007 Medical Practitioners Act and will be a progression of the previous 2019 – 2023 strategy.  

Medical Council President, Dr Suzanne Crowe, encouraged members of the public to participate in the survey: “Our draft Strategy is the result of an extensive development process, during which we’ve already worked with many of our stakeholders.  Insights on this draft will be invaluable in shaping the final strategic plan, which will be our organisation’s roadmap for the next five years. I would invite anyone who has an interest in the remit of the Medical Council to review and have their say.” 

Colm O’Leary, Executive Director, Strategy & Business Services at the Medical Council added, “We’ve undertaken a comprehensive engagement process to inform the development of this Strategy and this draft reflects the feedback that we have already received.  This public consultation is the last step to ensure that we have it right before we finalise. We’re grateful to the medical practitioners, public and patient representatives, and other stakeholders who have already contributed to our online questionnaire or provided inputs at our stakeholder roundtable meeting last year.” 

The public consultation survey questionnaire is available here. It closes on 27th September 2024.