Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 2 May 2018

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

Medical Council Specialist Register: Discussion

9:00 am

Dr. Tom Ryan:

Of course there is. The whole point of having professional standards is that there is a set standard of quality that people have to achieve so that they are allowed to look after patients. If one abrogates and discards those standards, then one is discarding the whole notion that one would prioritise or develop a culture of quality and excellence.