The Medical Council has today launched a public consultation on its draft strategic plan to cover the period 2024 to 2028. To help inform this strategy, an online survey is now open and feedback from the public is welcome until 27 September 2024.
The 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 Council stated it 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 since the introduction of the Medical Practitioners Act 2007 and will be a progression of the previous 2019 – 2023 strategy.
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.”
Mr Colm O’Leary, Executive Director, Strategy and 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 – https://medicalcouncil.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_2gXUxdFwYpfl9JQ
The draft strategic plan is available here – medical-council-draft-statement-of-strategy-for-public-consultation.pdf (medicalcouncil.ie)
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