New head for GMC
Prof Dame Carrie MacEwen
A consultant ophthalmologist has been appointed as the new chairwoman of the GMC.
Dame Carrie MacEwen, honorary professor at Dundee University, served as chair of the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges until 2020 and is past-president of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists.
She is only the second woman to hold the chair since the GMC was established 164 years ago.
Dame Carrie said: ‘This is a particularly challenging time for healthcare and I look forward to working collaboratively with partners across all four countries of the UK to support doctors to provide the best possible care for patients.’
GMC chief executive Charlie Massey said: ‘In particular, Carrie will play a vital role in driving forward our new strategy, which shifts the emphasis of our work from acting when things have gone wrong to continued support for all doctors in the delivery of the highest standards of care.’