“I can readily do that and can confirm that a member of the public would be able to see the fitness to practise history of a doctor who has changed their gender for the same period of time as they would be able to see the fitness to practise history of a doctor who has not changed their gender.
It comes after Daily Telegraph reported that the GMC had told the paper that doctors who change their gender identity were issued with a new registration and GMC number, with no links to previous registration.
However, links to historical disciplinary action are held internally by the GMC and a spokesman for the watchdog said a new registration would not allow a doctor to “circumvent investigation of concerns”.
The watchdog wrote to Wes Streeting apologising for any “confusion” after the Daily Telegraph reported it had said that healthcare professionals who transition could receive registration details with the regulator, meaning all links to the past would be erased.
No doctor will “escape accountability” for their disciplinary history, the General Medical Council (GMC) has told the Health Secretary after reports that those who changed gender could have their fitness-to-practise records erased.
