Quality Assurance

The General Medical Council (GMC) promotes and protects the health of the public by ensuring proper standards in medicine. The GMC produce guidance on Maintaining Good Medical Practice (www.gmc-uk.org) which includes the following sections:

Keeping up to date

I am registered with The Royal College of Physicians for Continuous Professional Development; I exceed the minimum annual credit requirements every year.

Maintaining Performance

I undertake regular audits of my clinical practice (see Publications) including: use of mercaptopurine and methotrexate in inflammatory bowel disease; safety of sedation in endoscopy and quality assurance in colonoscopy (completion rates, polyp detection & complications).

Teaching and Training

In addition to teaching medical undergraduates from Guy’s, King’s and St Thomas’ medical school I am responsible for training Specialist Trainees and Specialist Registrars at The Kent and Sussex Hospital.
I was the Joint Programme Director for the Specialist Training Committee in Gastroenterology for SE Thames region from October 2003 until 2006

I teach on the accredited endoscopy courses at St George’s Hospital, London (one of only 5 National training units).

I am an Examiner (PACES for MRCP) for The Royal College of Physicians of London.